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COMPENDIUM V 



OF THE 



RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES, RELIGIOUS AN© MORAL 
PRECEPTS, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- 
TIVE BEAUTIES 

OF THE BIBLE; 

WITH 
A SEPARATE MORAL SELECTION 

FROM THE APOCRYPHA : 

BEING 
A TRANSCRIPT OF THE RECEIVED TEXT: 

Intended for the use of Families and Schools, 



Third Edition. 



By RODOLPHUS DICKINSON, Esq, 

Author of Law Tracts^ Geographical PuBlica 
tious^ Sfc, V 



GREENFIELD, MASS." 

PUBLISHED BY THE COMPILER. 

Roderie M. Colton, Printer. 

1815. 




DISlTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, Tt> WlTt 

District Clerk^s Office. 

BE it remembered, that on the twenty -fourth 
day of February^ a. d. 1815, and in the thirty- 
mnth year of the Independence of the United 
States of America, Rodolphus Dickinson, of 
the said district, has deposited in this office the 
title of a book, the right whereof he claims as 
author, in the words following, to wit : 

" A Compendium of th« religious doctrines, 
religious and moral precepts, historical and de- 
scriptive beauties of the Bible ; with a separate 
moral selection" from the Apocrypha ; being a 
transcript of the received text : intended for the 
use of families and schools ; Second edition, 
revised, corrected, and enlarged : by Rodolphus 
DiesiNSON, Esq. Author of Law Tracts, Geo- 
graphical publications, &c. 

In conformity to the act of the congress of the 
United States, entitled, " an act for the encour- 
agement of learning, by securing -the copies of 
maps, charts., and books, to the authors and pro- 
prietors of such copies, during the times therein 
mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " an 
act supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for 
the encouragement of learning, by securing the 
copii^s of maps, charts, and books, to the authors 
and proprietors of such copies, during the times 
therein mentioned 5 and extending the benefits 
tliereof to the arts of designing, engraving and 
etchin'^'' historical and other prints.^' 

WILLIAM S. SHAW, 
Cfer/c of Ike District of Massachusetts, 



p 



CONTENTS. 





Chap. 1. Attributes and Government of God 15 




2. Attributes, Life,and Example, of our 




Lord Jesus Christ 


25 




3. Attributes, or Offices of the Hoi 


Iv 




Ghost 


38 




4. Baptism - - ^ 


41 




5. Beneficence 


43 




6. Benevolence 


47 




7. Charity 


48 




8, Chastity 


49 




9. Commandments 


51 




10. Contentment 


52 




11. Counsel ^ - - 


52 




12. Covetousness 


54 




13. Creation - - - 


57 




14. Crucifixion, Death, and Burial, 


of 




our Lord Jesus Christ 


60 




15. Depravity of Man 


64 




16. Doctrine of the Trinity 


69 




17. Duties of Christian Brethren 


77 




18. Duties to Enemies 


80 




19. Duties to God 


81 




£0. Duties of Husbands and Wives 


85 




£1. Duties of Magistrates and Citizens 87 




£2. Duties to Mankind 


91 




23. Duties of Masters- and Servants 


93 




£4. Duties of Ministers and People 


94 




£5. Duties of Parents and Children 


loi 




£6. Envy 


103 




£7. Equality - 


104 




£8. Evil-Speaking 


105 




£9. Faith and Works - 


106 



CONTENTS. 

30, Fasting - ^ - 110 

SI. Fidelity - - - 111 

32. Flood - - - 111 

33. Forgiveness - - 114 

34. Fortitude - - ^ - 115 

35. Frailty and Imperfection of Man 116 

36. Fraud, Oppression, and Violence 119 

37. Friendship - - 122 

38. Future Happiness and Misery 123 

39. Godliness - - 126 

40. Government of the Thoughts, Lan- 

guage, and Passions - 128 

41. Grace ... 130 

42. Hospitality - - 136 

43. Humility - - - 137 

44. Hypocrisy - - 141 

45. Idolatry - - - 143 

46. In- mortality, Resurrection, and 

Future Judgment - 145 

47. Industry - - - 150 

48. Integrity - - - 154 

49. Justice, and Impartiality - 155 

50. Kingdom and Church of our Lord 

Jesus Christ - - 158 

51. Lord's Supper - - 159 

52. Love - - - 161 

53. Marriage - - - 162 

54. Meekness - - - 163 

55. Mercy and Compassion - 163 

56. Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ 165 

57. Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ 173 

58. Original State of Man, Sin, the 

Fall, and Death - - 174 

59. Parables of our Lord Jesus Christ 177 

60. Patience - ' - - 181 

61. Peace - - . 182 



CONTENTS. 5 

62. Perseverance - - 184 

63. Politeness - - - 189 

64. Prayer - - - 190 

65. Profanity, Blasphemjj and Perjury 192 

66. Prosperity and Adversity - 194 

67. Prudence - - - 198 

68. Public Worship - - 199 

69. Redemption and Salvation 200 

70. Regeneration - - 205 

71. Repentance - - 203 

72. Resurrection, Appearance, and 
: Ascension, of our Lord Jesus 

Christ - - - £15 

73. Retribution - - 222 

74. Righteousness - - £25 

75. Sabbath - - - £27 

76. Scriptures - - - 228 

77. Sincerity and Truth - £32 

78. Stability . - - 233 

79. Temperance - - £34 

80. Theft and Trespass - £36 

81. Vigilance - - £37 

82. Wickedness - - £37 

83. Wisdom and Understanding £38 

84. Zeal - - - 242 
^5, Miscellaneous Selection - £44 

Miscellaneous Moral Selection 

from the Apocrypha - £65 



1* 



RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FIRST 
EDITION. 

Of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop^ of West- 
Springfietd. 
WesT'Sphingfield^ Sepi'. 13, 1814. 

DEAR SIR, 

I THANK you for the present you have 
made me of jour Compendium of the Doctrines 
and Precepts of the Bible. I have perused it 
as far as I have had leisure : am happy to find, 
that you have collected all or most bi the truths 
and virtues stated in the Scriptures, with their 
opposite errors and vices ; and in application to 
them have adduced the most pertinent passages, 
so that we have a compendious view, of the sub- 
stance of what inspiration has taught on those 
various subjects. The Book, I think, may be 
very useful in families and schools. 

1 rejoice, sir, whenever gentlemen in civil 
life, under the impression of Divine Truth, be- 
come fellow^ workers with the ministers of Jesus, 
in the same great cause ; and I hope, that by their 
united exertions the kingdom of the Redeemer 
may be promoted, and the most essential inter- 
ests of mankind advanced. 

I am, sir, with respect, your humble servant, 

JOSEPH LATHROP. 

jR. Dickinson^ Esq. 



Of the Rev, Dr. Edward D. Griffin^ of Boston. 

BosroN^ Sept. 8, 1814. 

SIR, 

I HAVE read a sufficient portion of your 
Compendium, to form a judgment of your plan ; 
and of the manner of its execution. The design 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 7 

of presenting the great truths and duties of re- 
Kgion under distinct heads, in the languaj^e of 
Scripture, and giving an opportunity to see, at 
one view, in how many forms the same senti- 
ment is expressed and explained in the Sacred 
Oracles, was happily conceived. Let the Bible 
speak for itself, and it will speak intelligibly to 
every unprejudiced mind ; and if any thing can 
conquer prejudice itself, it is such a mode of 
throwing together the various declarations of 
Scripture on the same point. The execution, al- 
though it admits of degrees of improvement al- 
most without end, has, in this first attempt, 
at«ained a character highly creditable to the in- 
dustry and judgment of the Compiler. Such a 
Compedium, while it will furnish important aid 
to maturer minds, will be of special service " as 
a Reading Book for Schools," and if generally 
adopted, may have incalculable influence in set- 
tling the faith, and forming the religious charac- 
ter of the rising generation. You have my hearty 
thanks for this service to the cause of truth, and 
my warmest wishes for the success of your in- 
teresting volume. 

EDWARD D. GRIFFIN. 
Modolphus Dickinson, Esq, 

Of the Rev, Samuel Taggart, of ColeraiUj Mem- 
her of Congress. 
CoLERAiNj Sept, 20, 1814. 

DEAR SIR, 

I HAVE perused but partially your Com- 
pendium of religious doctrines, and of religious 
and moral precepts conceived in the language 
ef Scripture. I am much pleased with the de- 
sign, and hope it may be a means of introducing 



8 RECOMMENDATIONS. 

the Bible into Schools, which has been of late 
years, too much excluded, and thereby tend to 
the increase of religious knowledge. The im- 
provements which such a work will admit, are 
almost without limits : some of which your own 
reflections will suggest in a future edition. 
I am, respectfully, yours, 

SAMUEL TAGGART. 



Of the Rev. John Taylor^ Esq, of Enfield^ late 
Minister of Beerfield. 

En FIELD, Ocr. 9, 18X4. 

SIR, 

I HAVE examined the work entitled '^ A 
Compendium of the Religious Doctrines, Reli- 
gious and Moral Precepts, Historical and De- 
scriptive Beauties of the Bible, &c." and find 
it a work calculated to promote a general knowl- 
edge of the Scriptures. The texts introduced 
to prove and illustrate the several subjects, of 
which the work is composed, appear to be im- 
partially chosen and judiciously arranged. I 
hope, Sir, for the benefit of society, that this 
" Compendium" may be duly appreciated by 
parents, and introduced into their families and 
schools, to the exclusion of many volumes faT 
less useful. 

JOHN TAYLOR, 
Jl, Dickinson, 



Oftihe Rev. Samuel WiUard^ of JOeerfield. 
Deerfield^ Sept, 9^ IS14, 

SIR, 

I HAVE given your Compendium a hasty, 
but careful perusal. The design is laudable, the 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 9 

general plan, as i conceive, judicious ; and the 
execution, with a few exceptions, and those of 
minor importance, highly satisfactory. In most, 
if not all the excepted cases, you may have been 
governed by adequate reasons, that have not oc- 
curred to me. I rejoice in seeing the doctrinal 
and preceptive parts of our blessed religion dis- 
played in the engaging form they generally wear 
in your Compendium ; and I think that the 
Christian parent^ as well as the schoolmaster^ 
will, with the blessing of God, find your book of 
vast benefit in a course of religious education. 
Yours, 

SAMUEL WILLARD. 



RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECOND 
EDITION. 

Of the Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Fitch^ President of 
Williams College, 
Williams College^ March 2, 1815. 

SIR, 

YOUR Compendium of the Doctrines and 
Precepts of the Bible was, a few days since, put 
into my hands. I have devoted the little leisure, 
which my necessary duties and daily avocations 
left me, to perusing the Work and comparing 
the second edition with the first. The plan of 
the Work is, I think, judicious ; and the selec- 
tion and arrangement of scripture passages un- 
der the several heads manifest great labor and 
impartiality, and a good acquaintance with the 
Sacred Oracles. The execution of your plan 
doubtless admits of improvement. But as th;*. 
Work is now presented to the public, I think it 
calculated to be highly useful to private chris- 



10 RECOMMENDATIONS. 

tians and families, and especially to the rising 
generation. I should be glad to see it introduced 
as a Reading Book in all our common schools. 
The happy consequence, I think, would be, the 
improvement of children and youth in moral and 
religious knowledge, and eventually, through 
divine grace, in the practice of true virtue and 
piety. You have my cordial approbation of 
your labors and endeavors to promote this highly 
important object, and my fervent wishes that 
they may be abundantly successful. 

feBENEZER FITCH. 
Rodolphus Dickinson^ Esq. 



Of the Rev. Br. Eliphalet J\"ott^ President of 
Union College. 
ScHENECTADr March 2, 1815. 
Sir, 

I HAVE partially examined the compila- 
tion entitled Ji Compendium of Religious Doc- 
trines^ &c. The plan meets my entire approba- 
tion ; and it appears to have been executed with 
candour and ability. It is in my opinion a Book 
worthy of being introduced both into families 
and schools. 

ELIPHALET NOTT. 
R. Dickinson^ Esq^ 



PREFACE. 

1['he compiler is aware of the unusual respon- 
sibility incurred by this publication. He can, 
however, sincerely affirm, that it has been his 
uniform and anxious design, to present to the 
public, an impartial compendium and digest of 
the religion and morals of the Bible. While 
the work is heartily intended to be a fair exhibi- 
tion of the scriptural doctrines of Christianity, 
it contains a body of moral instruction, and pro- 
bably more of the rules of faith and conduct, 
than are comprised within the same extent, in 
any other compilation. It denounces vice and 
error, enforces piety and virtue, unfolds the per- 
fections of the Deity, and the most important 
facts relating to divine Providence, and the sal- 
vation of mankind. It displays alike the faith 
-and practice, the commands and promises of 
the Gospel ; and is consecrated to the heavenly 
cause of evahgelical religion. Such historical 
titles have also been included, as were considered 
indispensable to the plan of a work, intended 
for the most part as a manual of religion. He 
is not conscious of having been under the influ- 
ence of any sentiments unfavourable to the im- 
partial execution of it; nor, as every word is 
copied from the Scriptures, has he been disposed 
to be wise above what is written. He has adopt- 
ed the received text, as an invariable guide, and 
disclaiming the most distant intention of omitt- 
^ing any subject compatible with tlie nature and 
limits of the work, or of adding f}v diminishing 
ypon any subject, with a view to any opinioas ?]ot 



12 PREFACE. 

warranted by the whole tenor of the Scriptures, - 
has faithfully endeavoured, as far as practicable, 
to offer to the public, in a form that would be 
inviting, a miniature representation of the great 
principles of divine morality and religion. 

He has attempted such an arrangement of the 
chapters as would give facility of reference 5 
and has diligently sought to digest them upon a 
comprehensive and systematic plan ; so that each 
should exhibit, not only, a just summary of the 
great truths comprising it, but also a regular 
composition, as far as the subject would admit ; 
from which it will be perceived that it has been 
attended with no inconsiderable labour. 

As the clergyman has his expositions, the 
lawyer his digest of cases and precedents, the 
physician his dispensatory, the legislator his 
statutes, the soldier his book of tactics, the sea- 
man his nautical epitome, the farmer his manual 
of husbandry, the mechanic his secrets of the 
arts, and every other professor his hand book to 
consult in difficulties, will not every man, to 
whatever profession he may belong, be gratified 
with a compendium of the more essential prin- 
ciples and duties oi life, derived from a perfect 
and infallible directory? It would be a dispar- 
agement to the public taste, and to the moral and 
religiour> character of a professedly Christian 
country, to suppose that the most humble effort 
to recal the mind to the great doctrinal and 
practical truths of our blessed religion, infinitely 
surpassing all other subjects in importance, and 
even as specimens of fine writing, all the produc- 
tions of uninspired men, would not be indulgently 
received. A judicious and well executed work, 
presenting at a single view the elegant and divine 
system of Christianity, in the language of the 



PREFACE. 13 

sacred Scriptures, must, at least, be a welcome 
tribute to the truly enlightened and the good. 
Should such be the character of this work, it 
might be presumed tb,"t the pure morals, sublime 
and eternally interesting doctrines which it com- 
prises, W'ouiil in this, where they might not in 
ifjther forms, claim the serious and devout con- 
sideration of readers, and in some degree pro- 
duce their benign and legitimate effects upon 
the life ; that the work would also tend to direct 
the attention to that inexhaustible fountain of 
good from whence it is derived, and contribute 
to inspire a love for the frequent and diligent 
perusal of the Word of God. 

Though the work be designed as a school book 
for the instruction of youth, and of those in the 
parlier stages of life, it is conceived to be not 
less adapted to readers in general. To all whose 
attention may be arrested by unexampled sim- 
plicity, beauty, variety, grandeur, and sublimity 
of matter and of style ; to all who wish to pos- 
sess an outline of the religious and moral excel- 
Jencies of the sacred Volume; to all who have 
hitherto viewed that invaluable Book with in- 
difference, but may perhaps derive some happy 
impressions from a novel exhibition of a part of 
its interesting contents ; to all teachers and pa- 
rents who deem it important that children should 
be early instructed in the inestimable doctrines 
3Lnd precepts of revealed religioft^^ to all who re- 
vere the unerring and everlasting Word of God, 
who believe and love the Gospel insincerity, and 
*• earnestly contend for the, faith which was once 
delivered to the saints y^ this little volume is 
respectfully inscribed : and the blessing of Hea- 
ven for its usefulnessj humbly implored. 
2 



14 PREFACE. 

In offering to his friends and fellow-titizens, 
this tribute of devotion to the most interesting 
cause, the compiler cannot omit the opportunity 
of bearing the public testimony of his homage 
to the divine excellence of the Christian religion. 
He deems it a sacred duty, and it affords him 
great pleasure, to s^te, as the result of his very 
limited, but as he trusts dispassionate reflection 
upon the Scriptures, that his mind has settled 
down into a^olemn and absolute conviction that 
they are " given by inspiration of God ;'' to avow 
his most sincere admiration of their pure, sub- 
lime, consistent, and eternally important system 
of religion and morals, and unequivocally, his 
most profound veneration of their contents; to 
declare to the world, that he is " not ashamed 
of the Gospel of Christ,'' having an unshaken 
confidence that " it is the power of God unto 
salvation, to every one that believeth ;" that by 
a faithful obedience to its divine injunctions, and 
a right acceptance of its merciful assurances, it 
will at once swell the measure of the highest 
earthly happiness, become a source of ever in- 
creasing consolation in this scene of probation, 
and lighten the way to an eternal world of feli- 
city : presenting to the soul, immoital, and 
boundless in its desires, amid the adversities of 
life, and the fleeting and imperfect nature of the 
most elevated of human occupations, enjoyments, 
and subjects of contemplation, an ultimate, sat- 
isfactory, and ever blessed object of holy ambi- 
tion, rising, like a majestic island, infinitely 
above the waves of all other pursuits. 

RODOLPHUS DICKINSON. 

Greeviield,(J[ass.)lBl5. 



COMPENDIUM OF THE BIBLE 



CHAP. I. 

ATTRIBUTES AND GOVERNMENT OF GOD. 

r 

God is love. 

Our God is mercifiil. 

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender rnercy, 
gracious, and full of compassion. He is kind 
unto the unthankful, and to the evil. 

The Lord is of great mercy, forgiving iniquity 
and transgression. He isihe faithful God, which 
keepeth covenant and meMy with them that love 
him and keep his commandmeixts. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the 
Lord pitieth them that fear hi^n. 

His mercy is on them that fear him from gene- 
ration to generation. His iender mercies are 
over all his works. 

Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. 

The Lord is long-suffering to us-ward not wil- 
ling that any should perish, but that all should 
come to repentance. 

The Lord God liveth. 



16 COMPENDIUM 

My heart and my flesh crieth out for the liv- 
ing God. 

The Lord is the true God. 

God is true. Thy law is the truth. Just and 
true are thy ways. 

The truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne. 

God is faithful. Great is thy faithfulness. 

Thy faithfubiess reacheth unto the clouds. 
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. 

Thou art good, and doest good. The Lord i^ 
good to all. There is none good but one, that is, 
God. 

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

The goodness of God endureth continually. 
How great is his goodness ! 

Holy and reverend is his name. 

Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? 

Who is like unto thee O Lord ? who is like 
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, 
doing wonders ? 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and 
holy in all his works. 

Clouds and darkness are round about him : 
righteousness and judgment are the habitation 
of his throne. 

The heavens declare his righteousness. Thy 
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. 

God is pure. The words of the Lord are pure 
words. The commandment of the Lord is pure. 

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, 
and canst not look on iniquity. 

God is great, and we know him not. Great 
things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 



OF THE BIBLE. 17 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; 
and his greatness is unsearchable. 

His understanding is infinite. There is no 
searching of his understanding. 

The Lord of hosts is wonderful in counsel, 
and excellent in working, the only wise God. 

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, 
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, 
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, 
and without hypocris3^ 

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he 
that formed the eye, shall he not see ? he that 
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ? 

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever. 
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor 
counsel against the Lord. 

My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my 
pleasure. 

The Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who 
shall disannul it ? 

Can a man be profitable unto God ? Is it gain 
to him that thou makest thy ways perfect ? 

The Lord is high above all nations, and, his 
glory above the heavens. 

All nations before him are as nothings and 
tliey are counted to him less than nothing and 
vanity. 

Great and marvellous are thy works. Lord 
God Almighty. 

l^e heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : 
as for the Vvorkl and the fulness thereof thou hast 
founded them. 

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens 
is the liord^a tiiy God, tlie earth also^ witli all 
that therein i>. 



18 COMPENDIUM 

All tilings are of God. He is the former of 
all things. He that built all things is God. 

In the beginning God created the heaven and 
the earth. 

The Lord by wisdom has founded the earth ; bj 
understanding hath he established the heavens. 

By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wis- 
dom hast thou made them all. 

Of him, and through him, and to him, are all 
things. 

God created man in liis own image. Thy 
hands have made me and fashioned me. 

He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. 

Thou hast created all things 5 and thou pre- 
servest them all. 

In him we live, and move, and have our being. 

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and 
hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou 
hast granted me life and favour^ and thy visita- 
tion hath preserved my soul. 

O bless our God, which holdeth our soul in life 1 

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of 
the Lord hath wrought this ? in whose hand is 
the soul of every living thing, and the breath of 
all mankind. 

Except the Lord build the house they labour 
in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is 
vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late. 

Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither 
doth trouble spring out of the ground. 

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and 
one of them shall not fall to the ground without 
your Father. But the very hairs of your liead 
are all numbered. 



OF THE BIBLE. 19 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
and herb for the service of man. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou 
givest them their meat in due season. Thou 
openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of 
every living thing. 

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and 
evening to rejoice. Thou visitest the earth, and 
waterest it. Thou Vv^aterest the ridges thereof 
abundantly; thou settl est the furrows thereof: 
thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest 
the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year 
with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. 
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness ; 
and the little hills rejoice on every side. The 
pastures are clothed with flocks : the valleys 
also are covered over with corn. 

The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice. 
His kingdom ruleth over all. The Lord shall 
reign for ever. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and 
thy dominion endureth throughout all genera- 
tions. 

He doth according to his will in the army of 
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. 
The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 

The kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the 
Governor among the nations. 

The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as 
the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever 
he will. 

God is a spirit. The Most High dwelleth not 
in temples made with hands. Behold, the hea- 
ven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. 



20 COMPENDIUM 

Whither shall I go from thy spirit r or whither 
shall 1 flee from thy presence ? If 1 ascend up 
iftto heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in 
hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings 
of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts 
of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, 
and thy right hand shall hold me, 
" ' I am God, and there is none like me, declaring 
the end from the beginning, and from ancient 
times the things which are not yet done. God 
calleth those things which be not, as though they 
were. 

Known unto God are all his works from the 
beginning of the world. ^Neither is there any 
creature that is not manifest in his sight ; but ail 
things are naked and opened unto the eyes of 
him with w^hom we have to do. God is light, and 
in him is no darkness at all. 

If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me ; 

even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the 

darkness hid eth not from thee; but the night 

shinethasthe day: the darkness and the light 

are both alike to thee. 

The ways of man are before the eyes of the 

Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

Mine eyes are upon all their ways, they are 

not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity 

hid from mine eyes. 

The Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth 

all the sons of men. 

The Lord looketh on the heart. The righteous 

God trieth the heart and reins. 

Hell and destruction are before the Lord : 

how much more then the liearts of the childrea 

of men. 



OF THE BIBLE. 21 

The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him 
actions are weighed. 

I know the things that come into your mind, 
every one of them. 

Can any man hide himself in secret places 
that I shall not see him ? 

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their 
counsel from the Lord. 

The eyes of the Lord are in every place be- 
nolding the evil and the good. The Lord search- 
est all hearts, and understandest all the imagina- 
tions of the thoughts. There is no darkness, nor 
shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity 
may hide themselves. 

The Lord our God is one Lord. 

There is none other God but one. God is one. 

There are three that bare record in heaven, 
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and 
these three are one. 

He that is our God is the God of salvation ; 
and unto God the Lord belong the issues from 
death. 

- All the ends of the earth have seen the salva- 
tion of our God, 

We trust in the living God, who is the saviour 
of all men, especially of those that believe. 

O God of our salvation ; who art the confidence 
of all the ends of the earth ! 

God is the judge. The Lord shall judge the 
people. 

God hath appointed a day in which he will 
judg;e the world in righteousness. 

(rod shall bring every work into judgment, 
'with every secret thing, whether it be good or 
whether it be evil. 

There is no respect of persons with God. 



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ram the Lord, I change not. 

Every good gift, and every perfect gift is froiT> 
above, and cometh down from the Father of 
lights, with whom is no variableness, neither 
shadow of turning. 

God is not a man that he should lie ; neither 
the son of man, that he should repent. Hath he 
said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, 
and shall he not make it good ? 

He is the living God, and steadfast for ever. 
The word of our God shall stand for ever. 
Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever. 

A thousand years in thy sight are but as yes- 
terday when it is past, and as a watch in the night 

One day is with the Lord as a thousand years-* 
and a thousand years as one day. Thou art the 
same, and thy years shall have no end. 

No man bath seen God at any time. There 
shall no man see me and live; 

The invisible things of him from the creation 
of the world are clearly seen, being understood 
by the things that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead. 

I am the Almighty God. The Lord God Om- 
nipotent reigneth. 

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the pow- 
er, and the glory, and the victory, and the 
majesty. 

Great is our Lord, and of great power. With 
God all things are possible. With ( od nothing 
shall be impossible. 

He commanded, and they were created. 

By the Word of the Lord were the heavens 
made ; and all the host thereof by the breath of 
his mouth. For he spake, and it was done ; he 
commanded, and it stood fast. God said let 
there be light : and there was light. 



OF THE BIBLE. 23 

Kone can stay his hand, or say unto him, what 
doest thou? His hand, is stretched outj and 
^vlio shall turn it back ? 

It is he that stretcheth out the heavens as a 
curtain ; which sliaketh the earth out of her 
place, and the pillars thereof tremble ; which 
commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and seal- 
eth up the stars ; which alone spreadeth out the 
heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea : 
which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 
and the chambers of the south ; which doeth 
great things past finding out ; yea, and wonders 
without number. 

The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of 
the ends of the earth fainteth not, neither is 
w^eary. 

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow 
of his hand, and meted out heaven with' the span, 
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a 
measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, 
and the hills in a balance ? 

Who hath divided a w atercourse for the over' 
flowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of 
thunder? 

Tlie Lord thundered from heaven. The God 
of glory thundereth. The thunder of his power 
who can understand ? 

His lightnings enlightened the w^orld : the 
earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like 
;c\' at the presence of the Lord. 

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at 
tlie presence of God. 

The pillars of heaven tremble and are aston- 
..-hed at his reproof. 

With God is terrible majesty. God, thou 
ait terrible out ot thy hoi v pUices. 



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The Lord hath his way in the whirhvlud and 
in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his 
feet. 

He commandeth and raiseth the stormjr wind. 
He niaketh the storm a calm. 

Extol him that rideth upon tlie heavens. Sing 
to him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens. 

He bowed the heavens and came down : and 
darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon 
a cherub, and did fiy : and he was seen upon 
the wings of the wind. 

His glery covered the heavens, and the earth 
w^as full of his praise. And his brightness was 
as tiie light. Before him went the pestilence, 
and burning coals went forth at his feet. He 
stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and 
drove asunder the nations ; and the everlasting 
mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills 
did. bow: his ways are everlasting. 

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction : and the 
curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Thou 
didst cleave the earth with rivers. The moun- 
tains saw thee and they trembled: the overflow 
ing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his 
voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The sun 
and moon stood still in their habitation. 

Thus shalt thou say unto the children of 
Israel, I am hath sent me unto you. 

I am Alpha anvl Omega, the beginning and the 
end, the first and the last. 

Thou O Lord shalt endure for ever 5 and thy 
remembrance unto all generic tions. 

The eternal God is thy refuge, and under- 
neath are the everlasting arms. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or 
ever tliou liadst formed the earth and the world, 



OF THE BIBLE. 25 

even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art 
God. 

All thy works praise thee, O Lord. Declare 
his marvellous works among all nations. 

The heavens declare the glorj of God ; and 
the firmament sheweth his handj-work. Day 
unto daj uttereth speech, and night unto night 
sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor 
language where their voice is not heard. 

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are 
his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! 

Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst 
thou find out the Almighty to perfection? It is 
high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper 
than hell ; what canst thou know ? 

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him 
out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, 
and in plenty of justice. 

Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? and 
his dread fall upon you ^ 

Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name 
in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above 
the heavens. 

A God of truth. A father of the fatherless, 
and a judge of the widows. The God of patience 
and consolation. The God of peace. The 
great, the mighty God. The living God. The 
invisible God. The incorruptible God. The 
everlasting God. 

As for God his way is perfect. His work is 
perfect. Your father that is in heaven is perfect. 

Bless the Lord your God for ever and ever. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul : and all that is 
within me, bless his holy name. 

Blessed be God. Blessed be the name of God 



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for ever and ever. Blessed be thy glorious name, 
which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts. 

Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanks- 
giving, and honour, and power, and might, be 
unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 



CHAP II. 

ATTRIBUTES, LIFE, AND EXAMPLE, OF OUR 
LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is giv- 
en : and the government shall be upon his shoul- 
der : and his name shall be called Wonderful, 
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase 
of his government and peace there shall be no 
end, upon the throne of David and upon his 
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it, with 
judgment and with justice from henceforth even 
for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will 
perform this. 

I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 
and between thy seed and her seed : it shall 
bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel. 

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor 
a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh 
come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the 
people be. 

I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold 
him, but not nigh ; then shall come a Star out of 
Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and 
vshall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all 
tiie cl^ildren of Sheth. 

Hear now, Joshua the higli priest, thou^ and 



OF THE BIBLE. 27 

tliy fellows that sit before thee : for they are men 
woiuieiedat: for behold I will bring forth my 
servant the Branch. 

There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of 
Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots ; 
and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spir- 
it of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge 
and of the fear of the Lord : and he shall not 
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove 
after the hearing of his ears : but with righteous- 
ness shall be judge the poor, and reprove with 
equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall 
smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and 
with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the 
wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle 
of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his 
reins. 

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; be- 
cause the Lord hath anointed me to preach good 
tidings unto the meek : he hath sent me to bind 
up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the 
captives, and the opening of the prison to them 
that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year 
of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our 
God ; to comfort all that mourn : to appoint un- 
to them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them 
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the 
gai ment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. 

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and 
all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of 
the Lord hath spoken it. 

Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word 
of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

Thou, Reth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be 
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thee shall be come forth unto me, that is to be 
ruler in Israel ; whose goings have been of old, 
from everlasting. 

The angel said unto them, fear not : for, be- 
hold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which 
shall be to all people. For unto you is born this 
day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord: And this shall be a sign unto 
you ; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swad- 
dling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly 
there was with tiie angel a multitude of the 
heavenly host praising God, and saying. Glory 
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. 

There is one-God, and one mediator between 
God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Him hath 
God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince 
and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel ; and 
forgiveness of sins. Neither is there salvation 
in any other : for there is none other name under 
heaven given among men whereby we must be 
saved. 

I am the resurrection and the life. Tlie power 
of God is now made manifest by the appearing 
of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished 
death, and brought life and immortality to light 
through the gospel. 

God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. . For 
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the wm-ld. ; but that the world through him might 
be saved. 

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the 
truths and the life : no man cometh unto the Fa- 
ther but by me. 



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Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away 
the sill of the world. 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. The 
same was in the beginning with God. All things 
were made by him ; and without him was not 
any thing made that was made. In him was life ; 
and the life was the light of men. And the 
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and 
"we beheld his glorj, the glory as of the only 
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

The Father hath delivered us from the power 
of darkness, and hath translated us into the 
kingdom of his dear Son : in whom we have re- 
demption through his blood, even the forgiveness 
'of sins : wdio is the image of the invisible God, 
the first born of every creature : for by him were 
all things created, that are in heaven, and that 
are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they 
be thrones, or dominions, or principalities or 
powers : all things were created by him, and for 
him : and he is before all things, and by him all 
things consist. 

Thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created. 

Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of 
God. 

Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

^Jy Father doth iove me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it again. No man 
taketh it from me, but I lay it down of mjseU": 
I have power to lay it down, and I have power 
to take it again. 

God, who at sundry times and in divers ruan- 
ners spake in times piist unto th.e fathers bv the 



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prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us 
by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all 
things, by whom also he made the worlds ; who 
being the brightness of his glory, and the express 
image of his person, and upholding all things by 
the word of his power, when he had by himself 
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of 
the Maje'sty on high ; being made so much better 
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance ob- 
tained a more excellent name than they. 

All things are delivered unto me of my Father. 
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all 
things into his hand. 

Lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he 
saw the spirit of God descending like a dove and 
lighting upon him : and le, a voice from heaven, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 
well pleased. 

The high priest said unto him, I adjure thee 
by the living God, that tlou tell us whether thou 
be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith 
unto him. Thou hast said : nevertheless I say 
uato you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man 
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming 
in the clouds of heaven. 

In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead 
bodily. It pleased the Father that in him should 
all fulness dwell. 

The Father dwelleth in me. I and my Father 
are one. I am in the Father, and the Father in 
me. He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father. 
If ye had known me, ye should have known my 
Father also. All things that the Father hath are 
mine. All mine are thine, and thine are mine ^ 
and I am glorified in them. 

I.et thi? mind be in von. which was also ik 



OF THE BIBLE. SI 

Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but 
made himself of no reputation, and took upoo 
him the form of a servant, and was made in the 
likeness of men : and being found in fashion as a 
man; he humbled himself, and became obedient 
unto death, even the death of the cross. Where- 
fore God also hath highly exalted him, and given 
him a name which is above every name : that at 
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of 
things in heaven, and things in earth, and thino;s 
under the earth ; and that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of 
God the Father. 

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, 
?nd for ever. 

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which wasy 
and which is to come, the Almighty. 

Unto which of the angels said he(Gadj at any 
time. Thou art my Son, this daj^ have I begotten 
thee ? And again, I wail be to him a Father, and 
he shall be to me a Son ? And again, when he 
bringeth in the first begotten into the v/orld, he 
saith; x\nd let all the angels of God worship 
him. And of the angels he saith, Vv'ho niaketli 
his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of 
fire. But unto the Son, he saith. Thy throne, O 
God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteous- 
ness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast 
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; there- 
fore God hath anointed thee with the oil of glad- 
ness above thy fellows. And, thou. Lord, in the 
beginning hast laid the foundation of tlie earth: 
and the heavr as are the work of thine hands. 
They shall perish ; but thou remainest : and the%- 



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all sl^all wax old as cloth a garment; and as a 
vt'stiire shjilt thou fold theiri up^ and they shall 
])e chan<:;ed : but thou art the same, and thy 
years shall not fail. 

No man hath seen God at any time ; the only 
hei,»,olten Son which is in the bosom of the Fa- 
ther, he hath declared him. 

Keithei knoweth any man the Father save the 
Sou, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal 
him. 

The woman went her way into the city, and 
saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me 
ail things that ever I did ; is not this the Christ ? 

J am he which search eth the reins and hearts. 

Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that 
died, yea* rather, that is risen again, who is even 
at the ri5i;ht hand of God, who also maketh inter- 
cession lor us. 

The Father judgeth no man ; but hath commit- 
ted ail Judgment to the Son ; that all men should 
honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. 

My kingdom is not of this world. 

Mis parents went to Jerusalem every year at 
the feast of the passover. And when he was 
twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem af- 
ter the custom of the feast. And when they had 
fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Je- 
sus tarried behind in Jerusalem z and Joseph and 
his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing 
him to have been in the company, went a da}'*s 
journey ; and thej^ sought him among their kins- 
ti>\k and ac(juaintance. And when they found 
him not. they turned back af*:ain to Jerusalem, 
seeking?; liim. And it came to pass, tliat after 
liuee days they fouv.Ci him in the temple, sitting 
in the iiiidbt of the doctors, both hearing them, 



OF THE BIBLE. 53 

and asking them questions. And all that heard 
him were astonished at his understanding and 
answers. And when they saw him, they were 
amazed : and his mother said unto him. Son, why 
hast thou thus dealt with us ? Behold thy father 
and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said 
unto them. How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye 
not that I must be about my Father's business ? 

My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, 
and to finish Ids work. 

I seek not mine own will, but the will of the 
Father which hath sent me. 

When John had heard in the prison the works 
of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said 
unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do 
we look for another ? Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Go and shew John again those things 
which ye do hear and see : the blind receive 
their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are 
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, and the poor have the gospel preached to 
them. 

The officers answered, never man spake like 
this man. 

The word which God sent unto the children 
of Israel, preaching by Jesus Christ, (be is Lord 
of all ;) that word, I say, ye know, wldch was 
published throughout all Judea, and began from 
Galilee, after the baptism which John preaclied ; 
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the 
Holy Ghost, and with power ; who went about 
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed 
of the devil: for God was with him. 

This man because he continueth ever hath an 
unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able 
also to save them to the uttermost that come unto 



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God bv hiiii, seeing he ever liveth to make inter- 
cession for them. For such an high priest be- 
came us^ who is holy, harmless, undefiled, sepa- 
rate from sinners, and made higher than the 
heavens. 

Learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in 
heart. 

Christ suifered for us, leaving us an example, 
tliat we should follow his steps ; who did no sin, 
neither uas guile found in his mouth : who when 
he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suf- 
fered] , he threatened not ; but committed himself 
to hltn that judgeth righteously. 

He kneeled down and prayed, saying. Father, 
if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : ne- 
vertheless, not my will but thine be done. And 
there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. And being in an agony, he 
praj/ed more earnestly : and his sweat was as it 
w^ere great drops of blood falling down to the 
ground. 

In the days of his flesh, when he had offered 
up prayers and supplications with strong crying 
and tears unto him that was able to save him from 
death, and v\ as heard in that he feared : though 
he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the 
things which he suffered ; and being made per- 
fect, he became the author of eternal salvation 
unto all them that obe}^ him. 

Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
tlrat though he was rich, yet for your sakes he 
})ecame poor, that ye through his poverty might 
be rich. 

The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 

He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of 
sorrows and acquainted with grief: and w^e hid 



OF THE BIBLE. 55 

as it were our faces from him : he was despised, 
and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne 
our griefs, and carried our sorrows, jet we did 
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflict- 
ed. But he was wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities ; the chastise- 
ment of our peace was upon him : and with his 
stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have 
gone astray ; we have turned eyQvy one to his 
own way ; and the lord hath laid on him the 
iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he 
w^as afflicted, yet he opened not ais mouth : he is 
brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not 
his mouth. 

Jesus knowing that the Father had given all 
things into his hands, and that he was come from 
God, and went to God ; he riseth from supper, 
and laid aside his garments ; and took a towel 
and girded himself. After that he poureth water 
into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' 
feet, and to wipe theni with the towel wherewith 
he was girded. After he had washed their teet^ 
and had taken his garments, and was set down 
again, he said unto them. Know ye what I have 
done to you ? Ye call me Master, and Lord : and 
ye say well ; for so I am. If 1 then your Lord 
and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ou<^ht 
to wash one another'^s feet. For 1 have given 
you an example, that ye should do as 1 have 
done to you. 

They brought young children to him, that he 
should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. But w hen Jesus saw it 
he was much displeased, and s.rld unto t! euj, 
suff'er the little children to come unto mc, and 



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forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of 
God, Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall 
not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, 
he shall not enter therein. And he took them 
up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and 
blessed them. 

When Mary was come where Jesus w^as, and 
saw him, slie fell down at his feet, saying unto 
him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother 
had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her 
weeping, and the Jews also v/eeping which came 
with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was trou- 
bled, and said where have ye laid him .^ They 
said unto him. Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. 

Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said. 
Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that 
thy Son may glorify thee : as thou hast given 
him power over all flesh, that he should give 
eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 
And this is life eternal that they might know 
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 
thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on tlie. 
earth : I have finished the work, which thou 
gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify 
thou me with thine own self, witlf the glory 
which I had with thee before the world was. 

When they were come to the place which is 
called Calvary, there they crucified him and the 
malefactors Then said Jesus, Father, forgive 
them ; for they know not what they do. 

He was taken from prison and from judgment 
and who shall declare his gieneration ? for he 
was cut off out of the land ot the living : for the 
transgression of my people was he stricken. And 
he made his grave with the wicked, and with the 
rich i a his death ; because he had done no vio- 



OF THE BIBLE, S7 

lence, neither was an j deceit in his month. Yet 
it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put 
him to grief. He was numbered with the trans- 
gressors ; and he bare the sin of many, ^nd 
made intercession for the transgressors. 

Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of 
Nazareth a man approved of God among you by 
miracles, and wonders, and signs which God did 
by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves^Iso 
know : him being delivered by the determinate 
counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have 
taken, and by wicked hands have cruciided and 
slain ; whom God hath raised up, having loosecl 
the pains of death : because it was not possible 
that he should be holden of it. 

If Christ be preached that he rose from the 
dead, how say some among you that there is no 
resurrection of the dead ? But if there be no 
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen : 
and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching 
vain, and your faith is also vain. 

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we 
are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ 
risen from the dead, and become the first fruits 
of them that dept. 

We see Jesus, who was made a little lower 
than the angels for the suiFering of death, crown- 
ed with glory and honour ; that he by the grace 
of God should taste death for every man. 

It became him, for whom are all things, and 
by whom are ail things, in bringing many son^ 
unto glory, to make the captain of their salvatjor^ 
perfect through sufferings. 

V/hen be ascended up on high, he led captivity 
captive, and ^ave gifts unto inen. He that de= 

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sceiided is the same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might fill all things. 

AV.ithout contioversj great is the mystery of 
godliness : God was manifest in the flesh, justi- 
iied in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto 
the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received 
up it] to glory. 

Beside me there is no God. Christ is over all, 
God blessed for ever. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the blessed and only 
Potentate, the Kingof kings, and Lord of lords ; 
who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light 
wliich no man can approach unto | whom no man 
hath seen, or can see : to whom be honour and 
power everlasting. 

Holy, hoij^, holy. Lord God Almighty, which 
was, and is, and is to come. 

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, 
and honour, and glory, and blessing. 

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory 
and majesty, dominion and power, both now and 
ever. Amen. 



CHAP. IIL 

ATTRIBUTES OR OFFICES OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

Jesus said unto him, if a man love me, he 
will keep my words : and my F.ither will love 
liim, and we will come unto hiai, and make 
our abode with him. lie that loveth me not, 
keepelh notmy sayings: and the word which 
\e hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent 
me. These things have I spoken unto you, be- 
ing yet present with you. But tlie Comforter, 
whjijh is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 



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OF THE BIBLE. 59 

send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, what- 
soever I have said unto you. 

When. the Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall 
testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, 
because ye have been with me from the beginning. 

I tell Vou the truth ; it is expedient for vou 
that I ^'o away : for if I go not away, the Com- 
forter will not come unto you ; but if I depart I 
will send him unto you. And when he V6 corae 
he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment : of sin, because they be- 
lieve not in me; of righteousness^ because I ^o to 
my Father, and ye see me no more; of judg- 
ment, because the prince of this world is judged. 
I have y^t many things to say unto you, but y<^ 
cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, tU'd 
Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all 
truth : for he shall not speak of himself; hut 
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : 
and he will shew you things to come. He shall 
glorify me ; for he shall receiveof mine, and shail 
shew it unto you. All things that the Father 
hath are mine : therefore said I, that he shall 
take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 

The Spirit helpetli our infirmities ; for we 
know not what we should pray for as we ought : 
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 
with groanings which cannot be uttered. And 
he that searcheth the hearts knoweth whatis the 
mind of the Spirit, because he maketh interces- 
sion for the saints according to the will of Ood. 
Peter said, x\nanias, why hath Satan iViled 
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep 



40 COMiPENDItrM 

hack part of the price of the land ? Whilst it re- 
trained j was it not thine own ? and after it was 
sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast 
thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou 
hast not lied unto men but unto God. 

It Was revealed unto him (Simeon) by the Ho* 
ly Gho^tjthat he should not see death before he 
had seen the Lord's Christ. 

What? know ye not that your body is the tem* 
pie of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye 
have of God, and ye are not your own ? 

How shall We escape, if we neglect so great 
salvation f which at the first began to be spoken 
by the Lord*, and was confirmed unto us by them 
that heard him ; God also bearing them witness, 
both with signs and wonders, and with divers 
iniracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according 
to his will. 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
etitered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. But 
God hath revealed them unto ns by his Spirit : 
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep 
things of God. For wl^at man kno\^'eth the things 
of a man, save the spirit of aman which is in him ^ 
even so the things of God knoweth nt> man but 
the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of 
God ; that we might know the things whicN are 
freely given to us of God : which things also we 
Bpeak, not in the words which man's wisdoi.V 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. 

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
gtiffering^ gentleness, faith, goodness, meekness, 
temperance. 

Blessed be God eveti the God of all comfort. 



OF THE BIBLE. 41 

CHAP. IV. 

BAPTISM. 

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 
I (John) indeed baptize jou with wate;- unto 
- repentance : but he (Jesus) that conieth after me 
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy 
to bear ; he shall baptize jou with the Holy Gho.-t 
and with fire. Then cometh Jesus Ironi Galilee 
to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But 
John forbade him, saving, I have need to be bap- 
tized of thee, and comostthou to meP And Jesus, 
answering, said unto him, suiFer it to be so now : 
for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousnesis. 
Then he suffered him. And Jesus when he was 
baptized, went up straightway out of the water. 

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach 
the baptism of repentance for the remission of 
sins. And then w^ent out to him all the land of 
Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all bap- 
tized of him in the river of Jordan, confessioi^ 
their sins. 

All the people that heard him (^Christ) and the 

Eublicans, justified God, being baptized with the 
aptism of John. 
Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying. All 
power is given unto me in heaven and in eart!^. 
Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptiz- 
ing them in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
Jesus himself baptized not, hut liis di^cinies. 
Paul said unto them, Unto w^hat then w-re ve 
baptized ? And they said, unto Jo'in's baotisin. 
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with tne 
baptism of repentance, saying \xnty the p\^<)oie, 
*bzt thev should believe on him wiilch :3houlJ 
4* . '^ ^ 



4i COMPENDIUM 

tome after hiiiij that is, on Jesus Christ. When 
the} heard this, thej were baptized in the name 
of the Lord Jesus. 

Many of the CorinthianSj hearing, believed, 
and werp baptized. 

Peter answered, Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, which have 
reci&ived the Holy Ghost as well as we ? And he 
commanded them to be baptized in the name of 
the Lord. 

When they believed Philip preaching the 
things concerning Ihe kingdom of God, and the 
name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both 
men and w^om' n. 

Pl'iUp preached tinfo him JesUs. And as 
they v^rQYii on their way, they came unto a 
certain water: cin<i the eunuch said. See. here 
is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized ? 
And Pliilip said, if thou believest with all thine 
lieart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, 
1 believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 
And they went down both into the water, both 
Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 
And when they were come up out of the water, 
the Sr.irir ofthe Lcrd caught away Philip. 

Lvdia attended unto the things which v/ere 
sp( >kes> of Paul. And she was baptized, and 
her household. 

1 he keeper ofthe prison fell down before Paul 
^nd Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, 
tvlsat must 1 do to he saved r And they said, Be- 
lieve on the Lord Jes]us Christ, and thou shaltbe 
^.aveiK and thy h- use. And they spake unto him 
the v/ord of the Lord, and to all that were in his 
hou.se And he was baptized, he and all his, 
;strai^iht\\ ay. And he rejoiced, believing in God 
vdth all his house» " , ^ 



OF THE BIBLE. 4S 

By one Spirit are we all baptized into one 
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether 
we be bond or free ; and have been all made to 
drink into one spirit. 

As many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ, have put on Christ. 

Know ye not that so many of us as were bap- 
tised into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his 
death ? Therefore we are buried with hi in by 
baptism into death ; that, like as Christ was rais- 
ed up from the dead by the glory of the Fatlier, 
even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy 
sins, calling on the name of t^e Lord. 

Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, 
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, 



CHAP. V. 

BENEFICENCE. 

Bo good. He that doeth good is of God. 

As we have opportunity, let us do good unto all 
men, especially unto them w^ho are of the house- 
hold of faith. 

Charge them that are rich in this world, that 
they do good, that they be rich in good Avorks, 
ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; 
laying up in store for themselves a good founda- 
tion against the time toxome, that they may lay 
hold on eternal life. 

Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of 
compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him ?' Mv little children, let us not love 



44 COMPENDIUM 

in word, neither in tongue 5 but in deed and in 
truth. 

He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also 
sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully, 
shall reap also bountifully. 

Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt 
find it after many days. 

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; 
and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, 
but it tendeth to poverty. 

Withhold not good from them to whom it is 
due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do 
it. Say not unto thy neighbour, go and come 
again, and to-morrow I will give ; when thou hast 
it by thee. 

He that hath two coats, let him impart to him 
that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him 
do likewise. 

He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity. 
Take heed that ye do not your alms before 
men, to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no 
reward of your Father which is in heaven. T,'here- 
fore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a 
trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the 
synagogues, and in the streets, that they may 
have glory of men. Verily, I say unto you 
they have their reward. But when thou doest 
alms, let not thy left hand know^ what thy right 
]iand doeth ; that thine alms may be in secret : 
and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself 
shall reward thee openly. 

God is not unrighteous to forget your work of 
labour and love, which ye have shewed towards 
his name, in thatyehavcministered to the saints. 
Every man according as he purpose th in his 
heart, so letl/im give, not grudgingly, or of ne- 
cessitv : fur God luveth a cheerful giver. 



OF THE BIBLE. 45 

If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted 
according to that a man hath. 

Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld 
how the people cast money into the treasury : 
and many that were rich cast in much. And 
there came a certain poor widow, and she threw 
in two iliites^ which make a farthing. And he 
called unto him his disciples, and saith unto 
them, Verily 1 say unto you, That this poor 
widow hath cast more in than all they which 
have cast into the treasury : for all they did cast 
in of their abundance ^ but she of her want did 
cast in all that she had, even all her living. 

Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of 
these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the 
name of a disciple, venly I say unto you, He 
shall in no wise lose his reward. 

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; 
and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : 
because I delivered the poor that cried, and the 
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.* 
The blessing of him that was ready to perish 
came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart 
to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it 
clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a 
diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was 
I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and 
the cause which I knew not I searched out. 
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and pluck- 
ed the spoil out of his teeth. 

The righteous hath dispersed, he hath given to 
the poor. He is ever merciful and lendeth | and 
his seed is blessed. 

A good man sheweth favour and lendeth. Do 
good and lend, hoping for nothing again 5 and 



46 COMPENDIUM 

your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the 
children of the Highest. 

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : 
but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth. 

He that hath pity upon the poor, iendeth unto 
the Lord ; and that w4uch he hath given will he 
pay him again. 

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but 
he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 

If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in 
decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him. 

Blessed is he that con^idereth the poor : the 
Lord shall deliver him in time of trouble. The 
Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive : and 
he shall be blessed upon the earth : and thou 
wilt not deliver him unto the will of his ene- 
mies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the 
bed of languishing : thou wilt make all his bed 
in his sickness. 

1'be liberal soul shall be made fat : and he 
''that watereth shall be watered also himself. 

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed : 
for i e giveth of his bread to the poor. 

T ou shalt surely give him, and thine heart 
shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him^: 
because that for this thing the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in all thy works. 

It is he that giveth thee power to get wealth. 
The Lord maketii poor and maketh rich. The 
poor shall never cease out of the land : there- 
fore f command thee, saying, Thou shalt open 
thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,, 
and to thy needy, in thy land. 

Ye have the poor with you always ; and when- 
soever ye will, ye may do them good. 

Give alms of such things as ye have. Give 
and it shall be given unto you. 



OF THE BIBLE. 47 

Give to him that asketh thee; and from him 
that would borrow of thee, turn not thou awaj. 

To do good and to communicate^ forget not : 
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how 
he saidj It is more blessed to give than to receive. 

Jesus said unto him, jet lackest thou one 
thing ; sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto 
the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : 
and come, follow me. 



CHAP. VL 

BENEVOLENCE. 

Look not every man on his own things, but 
every man also on the things of others. 

Seek good. He that diligently seeketh good 
procureth favour. 

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep 
with them that weep. 

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound 
with them ; and them which suffer adversity, as 
being yourselves also in the body. 

Be pitiful. Shew mercy and compassions. 

Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted : 
forbearing one another, and forgiving one an- 
other. 

Comfort one another. Pray for one a^nother. 
Let us love one another. 

Being affectionately desirous of you, we were 
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gos- 
pel of God only, but also our own souls, because 
3*e were dear unto us. 

Love the good. Love your enemies. Ever 
follow that which is good to all men. 



48 COMPENDIUM 

CHAP. VII. 

CHARITY* 

Above all things put on charity, which is the 
bond ©f perfectness. 

Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, and have not charity, I am become as 
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And 
though I have the gift of prophecy, and under-i 
stand all mysteries, and ail knowledge, and 
though I have all taith, so that I could remove 
mountains, I am nothing. And though I bestow 
all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give 
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it 
profiteth me nothing. 

Charity sufFereth long, and is kind ; charity 
envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself; is not 
puffed up, and doth not behave itself unseemly, 
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, 
thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but 
rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all things, believ^ 
eth all things, hopeth all things. • Charity never 
faileth. And now abideth faith, hope, charity ; 
these three ; but the greatest of these is charity. 

Follow after charity. Let all your things be 
done with charity. Above all things have fervent 
charity among yourselves ; for charity shall 
cover the multitude of ^ins. 

The end of the commandment is charity out 
of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and 
of faith unfeigned. 

Juige not according to appearance ; but judge 
righteous judgment. Judge nothing before the 
time. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For \;itk 
whatjudgmentve Judge, ye shall be jiulged : and 



OF THE BIBLE. 49 

with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured 
to you again. 

Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that 
is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt thou say to 
thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine 
eye ; and, behold a beam is in thine own eye ? 
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out ot 
thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly 
to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye- 
Jesus said unto them, He that is without sin 
among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 

Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou 
art that judgest : for wherein thou judgest anoth- 
er thou condemnest thyself ; for thou that judg- 
est doest the same things. And thinkest thou 
this, mat, that judgest them which do such 
things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape 
the judgment of God ? 

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : con- 
demn not, and ye shall not be condemned. 

CHAP. VIIL 

CHASTITY. 

Keep thyself pure. Blessed are the pure in 
heart : for they shall see God, 

Abstain from fleshly lusts which w^ar against 
the- soul. 

^Flee youthful lusts. Flee fornication. This 
i^ tF.e will of Godj even your sanctification, that 
ye should abstain from fornication. 

I wrote unto you an epistle not to keep com- 
pany with fornicators. 

Whoso committeth adultery with a woman 
3 



50 COMPENDIUM 

lacketli understanding : he that doeth it destroj- 
eth his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall 
he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped 
away. 

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after 
her, hath already committed adultery with her 
in his heart. 

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding 
shall keep thee : to deliver thee from the strange 
woman, even from the stranger which flattereth 
with her words ; which forsaketh the guide of her 
youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths 
unto the dead : none that go unto her return again, 
neither take they hold of the paths of life. Let 
not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray 
in her paths. For she hath cast down manV 
wounded : yea, many strong men have beek 
slain by her. Her house is the way to hell^ 
going down to the chanjbers of death. 

The commandment is a lamp ; and the law is 
light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of 
life : to keep thee from the evil woman, from tha 
flattery of the tongue of a strange woman, hnsh 
not after her beauty in thine heart. Her feet go 
dow n to death ; her steps take hold on hell. 

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. 
By means of a strange woman a man is brougiiv. 
to a piece of bread. 

Rejoice with the wife of thy youth : and be 
thou ravished always with her love. And whv 
wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange 
woman, and embrace the besom of a stranger ? 

Neither fornicators nor adulterers shall inhen't 
the kingdom qf God. 



OF THE BIBLE. oJ 

CHAP. IX. 

COMMANDMENTS. 

God spake all these words, saying, I am the 
Lord thy Cxod, which have brought thee out of 
the land of Egjpt, out of the house of bondage. 
Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in hea- 
ven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that 
is in the water under the earth ; thou shalt not 
bow down thyself to them, nor serve them ; for I 
the Lord thy God arii a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 
and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me, and keep my commandments. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 

Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work ; 
but the seventh day is tlie sabbath ot the Lord 
thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thoUs 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy 
stranger that is within thy gates : for in six days 
the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and 
all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; 
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and 
hallowed it. 

Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy 
days may be long upon the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery* 



5£ COMPENDIUM 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbour. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, 
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his 
man-servant, nor his maid -servant, nor his ox, 
nor Iiis ass, nor any thing that is thy neigli- 
bour's. 



CHAP. X. 

CONTENTMENT. 

;Be content. Let not your heart be troubled. 

Having food and raiment let us be therewith 
content. 

Godliness with contentment is great gain. 

1 have learned in whatsoever state I am, there- 
with to be content. I am instructed both to be 
full, and to be hungry, both to abound, and to 
suffer need. ^ 

Be content with such things as ye have. 

A good man shall be satisfied from himself. 

Wherefore doth a living man complain ? 

These are murmurers, complainers, walking 
after their own lusts. 

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also 
murmured, and were destroyed. 

Do all things without murmurings. 



CHAP. XI. ^ 

COUNSEL. 

With the well-advised is wisdom. Wie took 



sweet counsel together 



OF THE BIBLE, 53 

Hear counsel and receive instruction. He 
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart : so 
tloth tlie sweetness of a man's friend by hearty 
counsel. 

The counsel of the wicked is deceit. Blessed 
is the man that waiketh not in the counsel of the 
iifis.'odlv. 

Give instruction to a wise man, and he w-ili 
be jet v.iser. 

lie t'iat refuseth instruction despiseth his own 
soul. 

How have I hated instruction, and my heart 
xlespised reproof ; and have not obeyed the voice 
4>f my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to theiu 
that instruced me ! 

If any man obey not our word, count him not 
as an enemy, but admonish him ns a brother. 

Exhort one another daily, while it is called 
to-day : lest any of you be hardened through the 
dccei ifu 1 iie^s oT sin. 

lie that licareth reproof getteth understanding. 

let the righteous reprove rne ; it shall bean 
excellent oil. 

He that regardeth reproof is prudent. 

He that refuseth reproof erreth. He that 
hateth leproof is brutisii. 

A .^c<:>rMer loveth not one that reproveth him. 
Ren-ove not a scorner, lest he hate thee. 

M.ive no il^ilow^hip with the unfruitful works 
of darkness, but rather prove them. 

He thiii beioi^ often reproved hardeneth his 
Reck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that 
With'jur. rena'dv. 

Am i hec\):ne yowv eaemv% because I tell vou 



54 COMPENDIUM 

Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 

He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find 
more favour than he that flattereth with his 
tongue. 

Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a 
father ; and the younger men as brethren. 

A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others 
also may fear. 



CHAP. XIL 

COVETOUSNESS. 

Thou shalt not covet any thing that is tli^ 
neighbour's. 

Covetousness, let it not be once named among 
you. 

Take heed and beware of covetousness : for k 
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the 
things which he possesseth. 

If riches increase,set not your heart upon them. 

Let your conversation be without covetous- 
ness. He that hateth covetousness shall prolong 
his days. 

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with i 
silver; nor he that loveth abundance with in- 
crease. 

The love of money is the root of all evil : 
which while some coveted after, they have erred 
from the faith, and pierced themselves through 
w^ith many sorrows. 

When goods increase, they are increased tliat 
eat them ; and what good is there to the owners 
thereof, saving the beholding thereof with their 
eves. 



OF THE BIBLE, 55 

I know that there is no good in them, but for 
a man to rejoice, and to do go6d in his life. 

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath 
nothing : There is that maketh himself poor, yet 
hath great riches. 

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing. A 
little that a righteous man hath is better than the 
riches of many wicked. 

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than 
great treasure and trouble therewith. 

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall 
turse him ; but blessing shall be upon the head 
of him that selleth it. 

Woe unto them that join house to house, that 

ay field to field, till there be no place, that they 

nay be placed alone in the midst of the earth. 

Labour not to be rich. A faithful man shall 

Vhound with blessings : but he that maketh haste 

to be rich shall not be innocent. 

He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not w^ho 
I all gather them. 

He tliat is greedy af gain troubleth his own 

-use. Woe unto him that coveteth an evil 

covetousness to his house. 

There is one alone, and there is not a second ; 

•a, he hath neither child nor brother ; yet is 

there no end of all his labour : neither is his eye 

satisfied with riches ; neither saith he for whom 

do I labour, and bereave my soul of good ? This 

• vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 

They that would be rich fall into temptation 

and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtfai 

lusts, which drown men in destruction and per - 

■'^tion. 

Riches are not for ever. Wilt thou set tiiine 

es upon that which is not.^ for riches certainly 



56 COMPENDIUM 

malic themselves wings ; tiiey flj away as an 
eag'rB toward heaven. 

We brought nothing into this world, and it is 
certain we can carrv nothing; out. 

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and 
as an high w^all in liis own conct^it. 

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or 
apparel. 

Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me 
With food convenient for nie : lest i be full and 
deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I 
be poor and steal, and take the name of aiy God 
in vain. 

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, v.rA 
not to covetous ness. 

The wicked blesseth the covetous, whom the 
Lord abhon eth. 

They that trust in their wealth, and boast 
themselves in the multitude of their riches; noue 
of them can by any means redeem hi^ brotlier, 
nor give to God a ransom for him. 

The fool and the brutisli person perish, and 
leave then- wealth to others. Their inward 
thought is, that their .houses shall cc^nt'mue far 
ever, and their dwelling- places to all genetations; 
ih^y call t!)eir lands after their own nsmps. 

.Tesus siake a parable luito them, saying: 
I'he ground of a certain rict\ u»an broujr-t i-.)rih 
plentifully : and he ti, ought within himself, say- 
ing, Wi)at shall I do. because I have no room 
wliere to bestow mv fruits ? And he said. This 
will ] do ; I will pull down vny barns, and build 
greater: and there will I bestow all mv fi-iufs 
an-;'- my goods Arid I will say to my sou!. Soul, 
thou ha^t muc!) good?> laid up for inajiy years; 
take thine ea-ie. eat, dri^Tk, and be i)^k^vvj. But 



OF THE BIBLE, 57 

God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall 
those things be which thou hast provided. So is 
he that lajeth up treasure for himself, and is not 
rich towards God. 

Laj not up for joitrselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal : but lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neitner 
moth nor rust doth corrupt^ and where thieves 
do not break through nor steal. For where your 
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

No covetous person hath any inheritance in 
the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

How hard is it for those that trust in riches to 
enter into the kingdom of God ! With men it is 
impossible, but not v/ith God : for with God all 
things are possible. 



CHAP XIIL 

CREATION. 

In the beginning God created the heaven and 
the earth. And the earth v/as without form and 
Void ; and darkness wai^ upon the face of the 
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the 
face of the waters. 

And God said, Let there 1^ light : and there 
was light. And God saw the light, that it was 
goodj and God divided the light from the dark- 
ness. And God called the light Day, and the 
darkness he called Night. And the evening 
and the morning were the first day. 

And God said, Let there be a firmament in 
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the wa- 



58 COMPENDIUM 

ters from the waters. And God made the firma- 
ment, and divided the waters which were under 
the firmament, from the waters which were above 
the firmament : and it was so. And God caHe<l 
the firmament Heaven. And the evening and 
the morning were the second day. 

And God said. Let the waters under the hea- 
ven be gathered together unto one place, and let 
the dry land appear : and it was so. And God 
called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering 
together of the waters called he vSeas : and God 
saw that it was good. And God said, Let the 
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, 
and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, 
whose seed is in itself upon the earth : and it 
was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and 
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree 
yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his 
kind : and God saw that it was good. And the 
evening and the morning were the third day. 

And God said, Let there be lights in the fir- 
mament of the heaven, to divide the day from the 
night : and let them be for signs, and for seasons, 
and for days, and years: and let them be for 
lights in the firmament of the heaven to give 
light upon the earth : and it was so. And God 
made two great lights ; the greater to rule the 
day, and the lessei light to rule the night: he 
made the stars also. And God set tlieui in the 
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the 
earth, and to rule over the day and over the 
night, and to divide the light from the darkness : 
and God saw that it was gooiL And the evening 
and the morning were the fourth day. 

And God said. Let the waters bring forth 
abundantly the moving creature that hath lifei, 



OF THE BIBLE. 59 

and fowl that mi^v % above the earth in the open 
firmament of heaven. And God created great 
whales, and every living creature that moveth, 
which the waters brought forth abundantly after 
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : 
and God saw that it'^was good. And God blessed 
them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill 
the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in 
the earth. And the evening and the morning 
were the fifth day. 

And God said. Let the earth bring forth the 
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creep- 
ing thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : 
and it was so. And God made the beast of the 
earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 
and every thing that creepeth upon the earth 
after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

And God said. Let us make man in our image, 
after our likeness ; and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the 
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, 
and over every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth. So God created man in his own 
image, in the image of God created he him : male 
and female created he them. And God blessed 
them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and 
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: 
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over every living 
thing that moveth upon the earth. 

And God said, Behold I have given you every 
herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all 
the earth, and eve.ry tree, in the whicli is the 
fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be 
for meat.. And to qyqvv beast of the earth, and 
to every fowl of the air. and to every thing; that 



60 COMPENDIUM 

creepeth upon the earthj wherein there is life, I 
have given every green herb for meat: and it 
was so. And God saw every thing that he had 
made, and behold it was very good. And the 
evening and the morning were the sixth day. 

Thus the heavens -and the earth were finished, 
and all the host of them. 

Through faith we understand that the worlds 
were framed by the word of God : so that things 
which are seen, were not made of things which 
do appear. 



CHAP. XIV. 

CHUGIFIXION, DEATH, AND EURIAL, OF OUR 
LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And 
the soldiers platted a crov*^n of thorns, and put 
it on his head, and they put on him a purple 
robe, and said. Hail, King of the Jews ! and 
they smote him with their hands. Pilate there- 
fore went forth again, and saith unto them, 
Behold I bring him forth to you, that ye may 
know that I find no fault in him. Then came 
Jesus forth, v/earing the crown of thorns, and 
the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, 
Behold the man ! When the chief priests there 
fore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, 
Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, 
Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no fault 
in him. The Jews answered him, We have a 
law, and b}'^ our law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of God. 

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he 
was the mor^ afraid : and went again into the 



OF THE BIBLE, 61 

judgment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art 
thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then 
saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto 
me? Knowest thou not that! have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to release thee ? 
Jesus answered, Thou couldst have no power at 
all against me, except it were given thee from 
above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee 
hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth 
Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried 
out, saying, if thou let this man go, thou art not 
Cesar's friend : whosoever maketh himself a 
king, speaketh against Cesar. 

When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying, he 
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judg- 
ment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, 
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha And it vas the 
preparation of the passover, and abcut the sixth 
hour : and he saith unto the Jews, Behold jour 
King ! But they cried out, x\way with him, away 
with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, 
Shall I crucify your King.^ The chief priests 
answered, We have no king but Cesar. Then 
delivered he him, therefore, unto them to be cru- 
cified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 
And he, bearing his cross, w ent forth into a place 
called the place of a skull, which is called in the 
Hebrew, Golgotha ; where they crucified him, 
and two others with him, on either side one, and 
Jesus in the midst. 

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the 
cross And the writing was, JKSUS OF NAZA- 
RETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. This 
title then read Uiany of the Jews ; for the place 
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : 
and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and 
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62 COMPENDIUM 

Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews 
to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews ; but 
that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate an- 
swered, What I have written, 1 have written. 

Then the soldiers, when thej had crucified 
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to 
every soldier a part, and also his coat : now the 
coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. They said therefore among them- 
selves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, 
whose it shall be : that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, which saith. They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture they did cast 
lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mo- 
ther, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of 
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple stand- 
ing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, 
Woman, behold thy son ! Then saith he to the 
disciple, Behold thy mother ! And from that 
hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 

After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were 
now accomplished, that the scripture might be 
fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a 
vessel full of vinegar : and they filled a sponge 
with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it 
to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had re- 
ceived the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and 
he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 

And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in 
twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth 
did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves 
were opened ; and many bodies of the saints 
which slept arose, and came out of the graves 
after his resurrection, and went into the holy 



OF THE BIBLE. 65 

city, and appeared unto many. Now when the 
centurion, and they that were with him watching 
Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, saying. Truly 
this was the Son of God. 

The Jews because it was the preparation, that 
the bodies should not remain upon the cross on 
the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was an 
high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might 
be broken, and that they might be taken away. 
Then came the soldiers and brake the legs of 
the first, and of the other which was crucified, 
with him. But when they came to Jesus, and 
saw that he was dead already, they brake not 
his legs : But one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout 
blood and water. 

And he that saw it, bare record, and his record 
is true ; and he knoweth that he saith true, that 
ye might believe. For these things were done, 
that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of 
him shall not be broken. And again another 
scripture saith, They shall look on him whom 
they pierced. 

When the even was come, there came a rich 
man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also him- 
self was Jesus' disciple : he went to Pilate, and 
beo-fred the bodv of Jesus. Then Pilate com* 
manded the body to be delivered. And when 
Joseph had taken the body, he v/rapped it in a 
clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new 
tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock : and 
he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepul- 
chre, and departed. And there was Mary Mag- 
dalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against 
the sepulchre. 
Now the next day that followed the day of 



64 COMPENDIUM ) 

the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees^ 
came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we re-; 
member that that deceiver said, while he was yet 
alive^ After three days 1 will rise again. Com- 
mand, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure 
until the third day, lest his disciples come by 
night, and steal hiin away, and say unto the 
people, He is risen from tlie dead ; su the last 
error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said 
unto them, Ye have a watch ; go your way, make 
it as sure as ye can. So they went and made the; 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting ai 
watch. 



CHAP. XV. 

DEPRAVITY OF MAN. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, and 
des]>erately wicked : who can know it ? 

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. 
The imagination of man's heart is evil from his 
youth. 

Because sentence ag;ainst an evil v/ork is not 
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons 
of rnen is fully set in them to do evil. 

There is no man that sinneth not. 

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth 
good, and sinneth not. 

Who can say, 1 have made my heart clean, I 
am pure from sin ? 

What is man that he should be clean, and he 
which IS born of a w«.nan« that he should be righ- 
teous .^ Behold he (6roi) putteth no trust in his 
saints; yea, the heavens are not cle-m in his 
sight How much more abominable an^l filthy is 
man, which drinketh iniquity like water f 



OF THE BIBLE. 65 

They are corrupt, they have done abominable 
works, there is none that doeth good. 

What is man that thou art mindful of him ? 
and the son of man that thou visitest him ? 

We were by nature children of wrath, even as 
others. You were dead in trespasses and sins. 

I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh) dwell- 
eth no good thing. 

O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver 
me from the body of this death t 

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity: and in sin 
did my mother conceive me. 

The wjcked are estranged from the womb : they 
go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the 
children of men^ to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. They are all gone 
aside, they are altogether become filthy : tTiere 
is none that doeth good, no, not one. 

There is none righteous, no, not one. Their 
throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues 
they have used deceit; the poison of asps is 
under their lips : whose mouth is full of curs- 
ing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed 
blood : destruction and misery are in their ways : 
and the way of peace have they not known : 
there is no fear of God before their eyes. 

Your iniquities have separated between you 
and your God, and your sins have hid his face 
from you, that he will not hear. For your hands 
are defiled with blood, and your fingers with ini- 
quity ; your lips have spol^en lies, your tongue 
hath muttered perverseness. Noue calleth for 
justice, nor any pleadeth for truth : they trust 
in vanity, ami speak lies ; they conceive mis- 

Viefj and brin^- forth iniquity. They hatcls 
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66 COMPENDIUM 

cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web : he 
that eateth of (heir e,^gs dieth, and that which is 
crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their ^ webs 
shall not become ^;arments, neither shall they 
cover Themselves with their works : their works 
are works of iniquity^ and the act of violence is 
in their hands. Their feet run to evilj and tltcy 
make haste to shed innocent bltmd : their thoughts 
are thoughts of iniquity ; wasting and destruc- 
tion are in their pe4tliS. The way of peace thej 
know not ; and there is no judgment in t.eir 
goings : they have made them crooked paths : 
whos:)ever goeth therein shall not know peace. 

Pride compasseth t'nem about as a c^in ; vio- 
lence covereth them as a garment. 

They sleep not. except thej have done mis^ 
chief; and their sleep is taken away, unless thej 
cause some to fall. 

They gather themselves together against the 
soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent 
blood". 

lie sitteth in the lurking places of the villages : 
in the secret places doth he murder the innocent. 

His mouth is kill of cursing and deceit and 
fraud : under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 

They abhor him that speaketh uprightly* 

They set their mouth against the heavens. 

They say unto God, depart from us ; for we 
desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What 
is the Almighty that we should serve him .^ and 
what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 

He hath said in liis heart, God hath forgotten. 
The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. 

Be astonished* O ye heavens, at this, and be 
•horribly afraid^ be ye very desolate saith the 



OF THE BIBLE. 67 

Lord. For my people have committed two evils ; 
thev have forsaken me the foiiritain of living 
waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken 
cisterns, that can h(dd no vater. 

Thej set their hearfon their iniquity. 

We will walk after our own devices, and we 
will every one do the imagination of his evil 
heart. 

They made their hearts as an adamant stone, 
lest they shimld hear the law. 

Tije sirrof Judah is written with a pen of iron, 
and with the point of a diamond. 

The whole world lieth in wickedness. 

Ti«isis tne condemnation, that ligltt is come 
into the world, and men loved darkness rather 
than light, because their deeds were evil. 

Ye are of your Father the devil, and the lusts 
of your fatiier ye will do. 

We have made a covenant with death, and 
with hell are we at agreement; vvlien tp.e over- 
flowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not 
come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, 
and under falsehood havevve hid ourselves. 

The good man is perished out of the earth : and 
there is none upright among men : they all lie 
in wait for blood ; they hunt every man his bro- 
ther with a net. That they may do evil v» ith 
both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the 
judge asketh for a reward 5 and the great man, 
he uttereth his mischievous desire : so thi^j wrapt 
it up. The best of them is a brier : the most 
upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. 

These, as natural bi'ute beasts, niade to he 
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the tilings that 
they understand not ; and shall utterly perish in 
their own corruption : and shall receive the re- 



m COMPENDIUM 

ward of unrighteousness, as they that count it 
pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are 
and blemishes^ sporting themstelves with their 
own deceivings while they feast with you ; hav- 
ing eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease 
from sin** beguiling unstable souls; an heart 
they have eier^ised with covetous practices 3 
cursed children *• which have forsaken the right 
way, and are gone astray. These are wells with- 
out water, clouds that are carried with a tem- 
pest ; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved 
for ever. For when they speak great swelling 
words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of 
the flesh, through much wantonness, those that 
were clean escaped from them who live in error. 
While they promise them liberty, they them- 
selves are the servants of corruption. 

When they knew God, they glorified him not 
as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was 
darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, 
they became fools, who changed the truth of God 
into a lie, and worshipped and served the crea- 
ture more than the Creator ; being filled with all 
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, cov- 
ctousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, backbi- 
ters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, 
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 
without understanding, covenant-breakers, with- 
out natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 
Vvho. kjiovv'ing the judgment of God, that they 
which cosnmit such things are worthy of death', 
liot only do the sam,e) but have pleasure in them 
that do them. 

^v1 en shall be lovers of their own selves, covet- 
pusj boaster'-, nroud, blasphemers, disobedi|:^jit to 



OF THE BIBLE. 69 

parents^ unthankful, unholy, without natural 
aiFection, truce breakers, false accusers, incon- 
tinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good? 
traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures 
more than lovers of God. 

God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of the 
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 



CHAP. XVI. 

DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. 

There are three that bare record in heaven, 
the Father^ the JFord^ and the Holy Ghost : and 
these three are oije. 

God said, Let us make man In our image, after 
^ur likeness And the Lord God said, Behold, 
the man is become as one of us. 

The Lord said let us go down, and there con- 
found their language. 

One cried unto another, and said, Hcly^ holy^ 
holy, is the Lord of hosts. 

By the TFu7'd of the Lord were the heavens 
made; and all the host of them by the bicath 
(Spirit) of his mouth. 

1 am the Lord tliat maketh all things ; theit 
stretchej:h forth the heavens alone^tha,t spreadeth 
abroad the eartli by myself. 

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord and read — 
for ??iy mouth it hath commanded, and his Spirit 
it hath gathered them. 

Jesus said unto him, if a man love me, he will 
keep my words : and my Father will love him, 
and we will come unto him, and make our abode 
with him. 

There is but one God^ the Father^ of whom are 



TO COMPENDIUM 

all tilings, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus 
Christy bv whom are all things, and we in him, 

Christ Jesus being in the form of God^ thought 
it not robbery to be equal with God. 

As thou Father art in me, and I in thee^ that 
they may be one in its. 

The Father dwelleth in me. /and my Father 
are one. Jam in the Father , and the Father in 
me. He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father, 
If ye had known me, ye should have known my 
Father also. He that receiveth me, receivetli 
htm that sent me. All things that the Father 
hath are mine. All mine are thine^ and thine are 
7niru^ ; and / am glorified in them. 

The Lard God^ and his Spiidt^ hath sent me, 
■{ChHst.) 

Go ye, and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father y and of the Son^ and 
of ^the Holy Ghost. 

T})e Lord (the Iloly Ghost) direct your hearts 
into the love o{' Crod. (the Father)' smd into the 
patient waiting for Christ. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christy and the 
lo^ ./ of God. antl the communion of the Holy 
Ghost. ^ be with you all. 

The Father i\vAt sent me heareth witness of me* 

I (Jesus) am one that hear tvitness of myself. 

It is the Spirit that heareth icitness. 

Thou, whose name alone is Jehovah^ art the 
most iugh over all the earth. 

This is his name whereby he (Christ) shall be 
Ctilled, The Lord (Jehovah) our righteousness. 

The Lord God (Jehovah) put forth the form of 
an hand, and took me,- — and the Spirit lifted me 
up between the earth and the heaven. 

The same Lord over all is rich unto all that 
call upon him. i 



OF THE BIBLE. fl 

Unto you is born this day in the city of David, 
a Saviour which is Christ the L&rcL 

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Loi^d^ or 
being his counsellor, hath taught him ? 

They glorified the God of Israel. 

Many of the children of Israel shall he turn to 
the Lord their God: and he shall go before him^ 
{Christ) 

The Spirit of the Lord spake by me — the God 
of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me. 

I myself serve the law of God^ 

Fulfil the laiv of Christ, 

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God : 

Neither let us tempt Christ. 

How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt 
the Spirit of the Lord. 

Who hath known the mind of the Lord? 

We have the mind of Christ, 

He that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is 
the mind of the Spirit, 

This is the will of God, 

The God of our Fathers hath chosen tliee, that 
thou shouldest know his tvill, (the will of Christ.) 

The prophecy came not in old time by the will 
of man ; but holy men of God spake as they were 
moved by the Holy Ghost. 

I was made a minister, according to the gift of 
the grace of God given unto me by the effectual 
working of his power. 

My strength is made perfect in weakness. 
Most gladly therefore will I ratlier glory in my 
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest 
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72 COMPENDIUM 

I will not dare to speak of any of those things 
which Christ hath not wrought by me. to make 
the iientiles obedient by word and deed, through 
piic^'ity signs and wonders, by the power of the 
Splrii of God. 

The mystery — is made manifest, according to 
the commandment of the everlasting God, 

I {Jesus) am Alpha and Omega, the first and 
the last. 

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the e/^gr;m/>S/?m^ offered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead 
works, to serve the living God ? 

Jesus cried in the temple as he taught, saying, 
Ye both know me, and ye know whence 1 am : 
and I am not come of myself, but he that sent 
me is true. 

These things saith he (Jesus) that is holy, he 
that is true^ he that hath the key of David. 

It h the Spirit that beareth witness, because 
the Spirit is truth. 

Yiho shall not fear thee, Lord^ and glorify 
thy name ? for thou only art holy. 

Ye denied the Holy One^ and the Just, and 
desired a murderer to be granted unto you ; and 
killed the Prince of life. 

The Comforter, w\\\c\\ is the Holy Ghost^ (the 
Spirit the Holy One) he shall bring all things to 
your remembrance. 

The Lord is good to a!l. 

Jesus of Nazareth went about doing good. 

Thy Spirit is good. 

Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever : 
for wisdom and might are his. 

In uhom (Chrint) are hid all the treasures of 
ivlsdovii and knowledge. 



OF THE BIBLE. 73 

The Sjnrit of wisdom and revelation. 

Known unto God are all his works. Thou only 
knowest the hearts of all the children of men, 

Jesus knew all men. Thou Lord knowest the 
hearts of all men. 

The Spirit searcheth all things. The things 
of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God. 

Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord? 

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 
of glory, hath put all things under his feet, and 
gave him to be head over all things to the church, 
which is his body, the fulness of hira (Christ) 
that filleth all in all. 

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? If I as- 
cend up into heaven thou art there ; if I make 
my bed in hell behold thou art there. 

Choose life, that both thou and thy seed may * 
live ; that thou mayest love the Lord thy God ; 
for he ife thy life. 

When Christy who is our life shall apgear, 
then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

The Spirit is life^ 

The Lord he is God ; it is he that hath madeus^ 
Thou hast created all things. 

All things were made by him^ (Christ,) God 
created all things by Jesus Christ, By him were 
all things created^ that are in heaven, and that 
are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they 
be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or 
powers. 

The Spirit of God hath made me. Thou send- 
est forth thy Spirit^ they are created : and thou 
renewest the face of the earth. 

As the Father raiseth up the dead and qiiick- 
eneth them : 

Even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 
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74 COMPENDIUM 

It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

The J shall be all taught of God. 

The gospel which was preached of nie is not 
after nian ; for I neither received it of tnan, 
lieither was I taught it, but by the revelation of 
Jesus Christ* 

I'he Comforter — the Holy Ghost — shall teach 
you all things. 

Truly our fellowship is with the Father: 

And with his Son Jesus Christ. 

The communion (fellowship) of the Holy 
Ghost be with you all. 

God is in you of a truth. 

Jesus Christ is in you^ except ye be reprobates* 

The Spirit dwelleth with you, and shall be in 
you. 

God hath said, I will dwell in them, 

I bow my knees unto the Father — that Christ 
may dwell in your hearts. 

He that raised up Christ from the dead shall 
also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit 
that dwelleth in you. 

God shall reveal even this unto you. 

I neither received it (the gospel) of man, nei- 
ther was I taught it, but by the revelation of 
Jesus Christ. 

It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghosf^ 
that he should not see death before he had seen 
the Lord's Christ. 

God, who spake unto the fathers by the pro- 
phets, hath spoken unto us. 

Ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me. 

It is not ye that speak ^ but the Holy Ghost. 

Thus saith the Lord-^l am the Lord that 
maketh all things. 

These things saith the Son of God — I know 



OF THE BIBLE. 75 

thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, 
and thy patience. 

The Holy Ghost saidj Separate me Barnanas 
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called 
them. 

God hath both raised up the Lord, and wiii 
also raise up us by his own power. 

Jesus answered, and said. Destroy this tem- 
ple, and in three days I will raise it up, 

Christ hath once suffered for sins — being put 
to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit, 

I am the Lord thy God^ which leadeth thee by 
the way that thou shouldest go. 

He {Christ the Shepherd) calleth his own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out. 

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

Our sufficiency is of God, who hath made us 
able ministers, 

Christ Jesus our Lord — counted me faithful, 
putting me into the ministry. 

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the 
flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers. 

Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will 
send forth labourers into his harvest. 

Christ sent me to preach the gospel 

They, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost ^ 
departed into Seleucia ; and they preached the 
word of God. 

Jude, to them that are sanctified by God, the 
Father, mercy unto you. 

He (Christ) that sanctiiieth, and they who are 
sanctified,, are all of one : for which cause he is 
not ashaa ed to call them brethren. 

Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, 



76 COMPENDIUM 

There are diversities of operations, but it is 
the same God which ivorketh all in all. 

Christ is all, and in alL 

Ml these worketh that one and the self-same 
Spirits 

These be they who separate themselves, sen- 
sual, having not the Spirit But ye, beloved, 
building up yourselves on your most holy faith, 
praying in the Holy Ghost^ keep yourselves in 
the love of God^ looking for the mercy of our 
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 

I bow mv knees unto the Father of our Lord 
Jesiis Christy of whom the whole family in heaven 
and earth is named, that he would grant you 
according to the riches of his glory, to be 
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the 
inner man: that Christ may dwell in your 
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and 
grounded in love, may be able to comprehend 
vnt\\ all saints, what is the breadth, and length, 
and depth, and height ; and to know the love of 
Christ, w hich passeth knowledge, that ye might 
be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto 
him that is able to do exceeding abundantly 
above all that we ask or think, according to the 
power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in 
the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisi- 
ble, the only wise God, be honour and gloi-y for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from 
our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father : to him be 
glor}^ and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

Blessed be God, even the God of all comfort. 



OF THE BIBLE. 77 

CHAP. XYH. 

DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN BRETHREN. 

Love as brethren. Be kindly aiFectioned one 
to another with brotherly love. Ye yourselves 
are taught of God to love one another. 

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye 
love one another. 

By this shall all men know that ye are my 
disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

Let your conversation be as beconieth the 
gospel of Christ. If any man have not the spirit 
of Christ, he is none of his. They that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affec- 
tions and lusts. 

Let every one that nameth the name of Christ 
depart from iniquity. 

I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the voca- 
tion wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness 
and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing 
one another in love; endeavouring to keep the 
unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. 

Be at peace among yourselves. Let the peace 
of God rule in your hearts. 

I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our 
liord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same 
thing, and that there be no divisions among you \ 
but that ye be perfectly joined together in the 
same mind, and in the same judgment. 

Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved » 
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of 
mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one 
another, and forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any : even as Christ for- 
gave you, so also do ye. 

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and 



78 (COMPENDIUM 

evil -speaking, be put away from you with all 
malice : and be ye kind one to another, tender- 
hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for 
Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Peter came to him, and said. Lord, How oft 
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive 
him ? Till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I 
say not unto thee. Until seven times ; but, Until 
seventy times seven. 

Why dost thou judge thy brother ? or why dost 
thou set at nought thy brother.^ Who art thou 
that judgest another man's servant t to his own 
master he standeth or falleth, Let us not there- 
fore judge one another any more : but judge this 
rather ; that no man put a stumbling block or an 
occasion to fall in his brother's way. 

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there 
rememberest that thy brother hath ought against 
thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and 
go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, 
and then come and offer thy gift. 

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye 
whicii are spiritual, restore such an one in the 
spirit of meekness ; considering thyself lest thou 
also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, 
and so fulfil the law of Christ. 

Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, 
forgive him. And if he trespass against thee 
seven times in a day, and seven times in a day 
turn again to thee, saying, I repent 5 thou shait 
forjii e him. 

it ihy bi her shaill trespass against thee, go 
and 'fii him his fault between thee and him 
alone > if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy 
brother? But if he will not hear thee, then take 



OF THE BIBLE. 79 

with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of 
two or three witnesses everj w ord may be estab- 
lished. And if he shall neglect to hear them, 
tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear 
the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen 
man and a publican. 

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, 
and one convert him ; let him know, that he which , 
converteth the sinner from the error of his way, 
shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a 
multitude of sins. 

A man that is an heretick, after the first and 
second admonition, reject : knowing that he that 
is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being con- 
demned of himself. 

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but 
not to doubtful disputations. 

We exhort you, brethren, w^arn them that are 
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the 
weak, be patient tow^ards all men. 

See that none render evil for evil unto any^ 
man ; but ever follow that which is good, both 
among yourselves, and to all men. 

Walk in wisdom toward them that are with- 
out. Provide things honest in the sight of all 
men. Let your light so shine before men that 
they may see your good works and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. Let not jour good 
be evil spoken of. 

Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue ; 
and to virtue knowledge | and to knowledge tern- 
perance; and to temperance patience; and to 
patience godliness ; and to godliness brotherly 
kindness ; and to brotherly kindness. charity. 

Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that v/hich 
is gpocL 



80 COMPENDIUM 

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. Be 
perfect ; be of good comfort, be of one mind, live 
in peace, and the God of love and peace shall 
be with you. 

Finally, brethren, w^hatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things 
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever 
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good 
report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be 
any praise, think on these things. 

Brethren, I commend you to God, and to the 
word of his grace, which is able to build you up, 
and to give you an inheritance among all them 
which are sanctified. 

Grace be with all them that love our Lord 
Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 



CHAP xvni. 

EUTIKS TO ENEMIES. 

Love yoilr enemies, bless them that curse you, 
do good to them that hate you^ and pray for them 
which despitefully use you and persecute you ; 
that ye may be the children of your Father which 
is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on 
the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on 
the just and on the unjust. 

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let 
not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth. He 
that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. 

Be pitiful : not rendering evil for evil, or rail- 
ing for railing : but contrariv;ise blessing. 



OF THE BIBLE. 81 

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done 
to me : I will render to the man according to 
his work. v 

Say not thou, I will recompense evil. Recom- 
pense to no man evil for evil. 

I say unto you that ye resist not evil : but who- 
soever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn 
to him the other also. And if any man shall sue 
thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him 
have thy cloak also. And whosoever shaH com- 
pel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 

Being reviled, we bless : being persecuted, v/e 
suffer it : being defamed, we entreat. 

Thou shalt not avenge or bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people. 

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to 
eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to 
drink : for thou shalt heap coals of tire upon his 
head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 

Dearh" beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written. 
Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him : if 
he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou 
shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil 
'- ith good. 



CHAP. XIX. 

DUTIES TO GOD, 

Believe in the Lord your God. Believe on 
the Lord Jesus Christ. Having the Spirit of 
faith we believe. 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 



8^ COMPENDIUM 

heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. This is the first and great commandment. 
And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. On these two com- 
mandments hang all the law and the prophets. 

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou serve. 

From the rising of the sun even unto the going 
down of the same, my na-iie shall be great among 
the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall 
be {.fFered unto my name, and a pure offering : 
for my name shall be great among the heathen, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
Be fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord. God 

is a spirit : and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 
Fear the Lord, and serve hin) in sincerity 
and in truth. Serve him in truth with all your 
heart : for consider how great things he hath 
dime for you. Serve him with a perfect heart 
and with a willing mind. 

As for me and my house, we will serve the 
Lord. Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and 
there is none upon earth that I desire beside 
thee. If God be for us, who can be against us ? 

1 will that men pray every where, lifting up 
holy hands, without v/rath and doubting. 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High : 
to shew forth thy loving kindness in the morn- 
ing, and thy faithfulness every night. 

Bless ye the Lord. Sing praises to the Lord. 
O give thanks unto the Lord. 



OF THE BIBLE. 8S 

Be ye thankful. In every thing give thanks. 
Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God con- 
tinually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving 
thanks to his name. Be thankful unto him. 
Forget not all his benefits. 

Happy is that people whose God is the Lord. 

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine 
eyes observe my ways. 

Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God. Re- 
member now thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth, w^hile the evil days come not, nor the 
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no 
pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or 
the moon, or the stars be not darkened, nor the 
clouds return after rain : in the day when the 
keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong 
men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease 
because they are few, and those that look out of 
the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be 
shut in the streets, when the sound of the grind- 
ing is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the 
bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be 
brought low ; also when they shall be afraid of 
that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, 
and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grass- 
hopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : 
because man goeth to his long home, and the 
mourners go about the streets : or ever the silver 
cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or 
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the 
wheel broken at the cistern. Then sliall the 
dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit 
shall return unto God who gave it. 

Woe unto^^im that striveth with his Maker ! 
Shall the c!ay'*'say to him that fashioned it, what 
makest thou ? 



84 COMPENDIUM 

I will say of the Lordj He is iny refuge and 
my, fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. Thou 
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor 
for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the 
pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for 
the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Be- 
cause thou hast made the Lord which is my re- 
fuge, even the Most High, thy habitation ; there - 
shall no evil befal thee, neither shall any plague 
come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. 

Submit yotirselves to God. Trust in the Lord 
with all thine heart : in all thj ways acknowledge 
him. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the 
Lord. 

The will of the Lord be done. 

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive 
shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the 
flock sliall be cut off from the fold, and there shall 
be no herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the 
Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 

Though he slay me, yet will 1 trust in him. 

None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth 
to himself. For whether we live, we live unto 
the Lord : and whether we die, we die unto the 
Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are 
the Lord's. 

Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in 
the n^me of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to 
God and the Father by him. 

Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. 

Fear God, and keep his commandments; for 
this is the whole duty of man. 



OF THE BIBLE. 85 

CHAP. XX. 

DUTIES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES. 

Rejoice with the wife of thy youth, and be 
thou ravished always with lier love. 

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, 
and obtaineth favour of the Lord. A prudent 
wife is from the Lord. 

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. 

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter 
against them. 

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it : that it 
should be holy and without blemish. So ought 
men to love their wives as their own bodies. He 
that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man 
ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and 
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church : for 
we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of 
his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his 
father and mother, and shall be joined unto his 
wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 

Let none deal treacherously against the wife 
of his youth. 

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest 
all the days of the life of thy vanity. 

Let every one of you in particular so love his 
Vvlfe even as himself; and the wife see that she 
reverence her husband. 

Tea^ch the young women to love their hus- 
bands, to love their children, to be discreet, 
chaste, keepers at home. 

Ye wives, be in subjection to your ovvn. hus- 
bands. 

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- 
bands, as it is fit in the Lord. 
8 



86 COMPENDIUM 

Wives submit yourselves unto your own lius- 
bands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the 
head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of 
the church : and he is the saviour of the body. 
Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, 
so let the wives be to their own husbands in every 
thing. 

Let not the wife depart from her husband : but 
if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be 
reconciled to her husband : and let not the hus^ 
band put away his wife. 

Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for 
the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit 
adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is 
divorced committeth adultery. 

Let every man have his own w^ife, and let 
every woman have her own husband. Let the 
husband render unto the wife due benevolence, 
and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 

I will that women adorn themselves in modest 
apparel, with shame-facedness and sobriety ; not 
with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly 
array ; but (which becometh women professing 
godliness) with good works. 

Whose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of 
gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be 
the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not 
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and 
quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great 
price. 

A virtuous w^oman is a crown to her husband. 

V/ho can find a virtuous woman ? for her price 
is far above rubies. The heart of her husband 
doth safely trust in her. She will do him good 
and not evil all the davs of her life. She seeketli 



OF THE BIBLE. 8? 

wool and flax and worketh willingly with her 
hands. She lajeth her hands to the spindle, and 
her hands hold the distaff- She stretcheth out 
her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth 
her hands to the needy. Strength and honour 
are her clothing ; and she shall rejoice in time 
to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; 
and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She 
looketh well to the ways of her household, and 
eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children 
arise up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, 
and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done 
virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a 
woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 

CHAP. XXL 

DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES AND CITIZENS. 

He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling 
in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light 
of the morning without clouds ; as the tender 
grass springing out of the earth by clear shining 
after rain. 

Thou shalt provide out of all the people able 
tnen, such as fear God, men of truth, hating 
covetousness ; and place such over them to be 
rulers. 

Where no counsel is the people fall : but in 
the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all 
thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the 
people with just judgment. 

Be wise, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges 
of the earth. "^ 



88 ^ COMPENDIUM 

Thus saitli the Lord; execute ye judgment 
and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of 
the hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, do 
no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor 
the widow, neither shed innocent blood. 

1 exhort that first of all, supplications, prayers, 
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for 
all men : for kings, and for all that are in authori- 
ty ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life 
ill all godliness and honesty. For this is good 
and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, 
Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy 
people. 

Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people. 
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought : for 
a bird of the air shall carry tlie voice, and that 
which hath wings shall tell the matter. 

Honour the king. . I counsel thee to keep the 
king's commandment, and that in regard of the 
oath of God. 

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man 
for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, 
as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that 
are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, 
and for the praise of them that do well. 

Put them in mind to be|subject to principalities 
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for 
every good work. 

Ltt jevery soul be subject unto the higher pow- 
ers. For there is no power but of God : the pow- 
ers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever 
therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordi- 
nance of God : and they that resist shall receive 
to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a 
terror to good works, hut to the evil Wilt thou 
then not be afraid of the power ? do that which 
is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : 



OF THE BIBLE. 89 

for he is the minister of God to thee for good. 
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid 5 for 
he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the 
minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath 
tipon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must 
needs be sutgect, not only for wrath, but also for 
conscience sake. For this cause pay ye tribute 
also : for they are God's ministers, attending 
continually upon this very thing. Render there- 
fore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute 
is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom 
fear ; honour to whom honour. 

Render unto Cesar the things which are Ce- 

oa.r s. 

Je?us saith unto him. Lest we should oiFend 
them, take that piece of money, and give unto 
them for me and thee. 

An evil man seeketh only rebellion. 

These filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 

The Lord knoweth how to reserve the unjust 

to the day of jud;z:!uent to be punished : but 
chiefly them tliat walk after the lust of unclean- 
Tjess, and despite government. Presumptuous 

L* they, self-willed^ they are not afraid to speak 
c\ii of dignities. 

A\'lio-;oever will not do the law of thy God, 

d tUe law of the king, let judgment be exe- 
cuted speedily uptm him, whether it be unto 
deatlu or to banishment, or to confiscation of 
.godtl.^. (T to i til pi i son men t. 

V\'hei> the ri^^i'ueous are in authority, the peo- 

' rejtjit^: but when the wicked beareth rule, 

' people mourn. 

icked walk on every side, whan tlie 
neu are exalted. 



90 COMPENDIUM 

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous de'^ 
crees ! . 

Great men are not always wise. 
The prince that wan teth understanding is also^ 
a great oppressor. 

Shall he that hateth right govern ? 

Sureljj oppression maketh a wise man mad. 

I returned, and considered all the oppresrioQS|i 

that are done under the sun: and behold the] 

tears of such as were oppressed, and thej had^ 

no comforter ; and on the side of the oppressors] 

there was power; and the j had no comforter. 

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already 

dead more than the living. 1 

If thou seest the oppression of (he poor, antll 

violent perverting of judgment and justice in 21 

province, marvel not at the matter : for he that 

is higher than the highest regardeth f and there 

be higher than thej. 

Saul answered, thou shalt surely die. Jona< 
than. And the people said unto Saul, shall Jona- 
than die, who hath wrought tlvis great scilvatiou 
in Israel ? God forbid : as the Lord liveth, there. 
shall not one hair of his head lali to tlie ground ; 
for he bath wrought with God this day. So the 
people rescued Jonatlian, that he died not. 

The king said unto the footmen that stood 
about him, turn and slaj the priests of the Lord : 
because their hand also is vvith David, and be 
cause they knew wlien he fled, and did not shev 
it ti) me. But the servants of the king woul^ 
not put forth their hand to fall upon the priest 
of the liOrd, 

All the king's servants, that were in the king* 
2;ate, bowed, and reverenced Haman : for t' 
king had' SO commnnded concerning him. r>; 
Mordecai bowed vnvt^ ucr did him re^ ;-^^-^'^'- 



OF THE BIBLE. 91 

If jc worship not the image which I have 
made ; je shall be cast the same hour into the 
midst ot a burning fierj furnace. Be it known 
unto thee, king, that we will not serve thy 
crodsj nor worship the golden image which thou 
ist set up. 

All the presidents of the kingdom, the gover- 
nors, and the p.inces, the counsellors, and the 
captains, have consulted together to establish a 
ro} al statute, and to make a firm decree, that 
whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man 
for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be 
cast into the den of lions. King Darius signed 
the writing and the decree. Now when Daniel 
knew that the writing was signed, he went into 
his house; and his windows being open in his 
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his 
knees. three times a day, and prayed, and gave 
thanks before his God. 

They (the rulers) cMed them, and commanded 
thein not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name 
of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and 
said unto them, whether it be right in the sight 
©fcf God to hearken unto you more than unto 
God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the 
things which we have seen and heard. We 
4v'v;^tt to obey God rather than men. 



CHAP. XXII. 

DUTIFS TO MANKIND. 

,ii ,. .:...5gs whatsoever ye would that men 
x\\U\ do to you, do ye ejen so to them ; for this 
id the propiiets. 



U COMPENDIUM 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt 
not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not 
bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet ; and 
if there be any other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended An this sajijio;. namely. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: there- 
fore love is the fulfilling of the lav/. 

A certain lawyer stood up, and tem.pted him, 
saying. Master, v/hat shall I do to inherit eternal 
life } And Jesus said unto him, What is written 
in the law ^ How readestthou ^ And he answer- 
ing said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy strength^ and with all thy mind ; and thy 
neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him. 
Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou 
shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, 
said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour P And 
Jesus answering said, A certain man went down 
from Jerusalem to Jerico,and fell among thieves, 
which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded 
him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And 
by chance there came down a certain priest that 
way ; and when he saw him, he passed by on the 
other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was 
at the place, came and looked on him, and passed 
by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan^ 
as he journeyed, came where he was: and when 
he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went 
to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil 
and wine; and set him on his own beast, and 
brought him to an inn, and took qnre of iuni. 
And on the morrow, when he departed, he took 
o u t t v^• o pence, an d ga v e t li e n i t o ih e h o s t , a x\ d 
said unto him. Take care ot him ; and whatsoever 
tliou spendest niore, \\\\tn I come :igain I will 



^ OF THE BIBLE. 93 

repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest 
thou was neighUour unto him who fell among the 
thieves ? and he said, He that shewed mercj on 
him. Then Jesus said unto him^go, and do thou 
likewise. 

Covet earnestly the best gifts. Having gifts 
differing according to the grace that is given to 
us, whether prophecy, let us prophecy according 
to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us 
wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on 
teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : 
he that giveth let him do it with simplicity : he 
that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth 
mercy, with cheerfulness. 

Let no man seek his own, but every man 
another's wealth. 

Do good ; be kindly affectioned ; be harmless ; 
be blameless : do justly ; and render to all their 
dues. 



CHAP. XXIII. 

DUTIES OF MASTERS AND SERVANTS. 

Masters, give unto your servants that which 
is just and equal ; forbearing threatening : know- 
ing that your Master also is in heaven ; neither 
is there respect of persons with him. 

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that 
is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, 
or of thv stran2:ers. 

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour. 

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have 
reaped down your fields, which is of you kept 
back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them 
which have reaped are entered into the ears of 
the Lord ef Sabaoth. 



94 COMPENDIUM 

A servant lionoureth his master, lie that 
waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that 
causeth shame. 

Be content with your wages. 

Servants, be subject to your masters with all 
fear ; not only to the good and gentle^ but also 
to the fro ward. 

Servants, obey in all things your masters ac- 
cording to the flesh 5 not with eye service, as 
inenpieasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing 
God ; and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to 
the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that 
w^hatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same 
shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond 
or free. 1 

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own 
masters, and to please them well in all things ; 
not answering again ; not purloining, but shew- 
ing all good fidelity ; that they may adorn the 
doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 



CHAP. XXIV. 

DUTIES OF MINISTERS AND PEOPLE. 

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach 
the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of 
good things ! 

Take heed to the ministry which thou hast 
received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

O man of God, follow after righteousness, god- 
liness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the 
goodfightof fait h, lay hold on eternal life, where- 
unto thou art also called, and hast professed a 
good profession before many witnesses. 

Strive not about words to no profit, but to the 



OF THE BIBLE. 95 

subverting of the hearers. Study to shew thj- 
gelf approved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of 
truth. But shun profane and vain babblings : for 
they will increase unto more ungodliness. Flee 
also youthful lusts : but follow righteousness, 
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and un- 
learned questions avoid, knowing that they do 
gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord 
must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt 
to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves ; if God perad venture 
will give them repentance to the acknowledging 
of the truth ; and that they may recover them- 
Belves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken 
captive by him at his will. 

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 
of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of 
the ability which God giveth : that God in all 
things may be glorified througli Jesus Christ; to 
whom be praise and dominion for and ever. 
Amen, 

If any man.teach otherwise, and consent not 
to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is accord- 
ing to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing, 
but doting about questions, and strifes of words, 
whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil sur- 
misings, perverse dispu tings of men of corrupt 
minds, and destitute of the truth, supposir^g that 
gain is godliness ; from such withdraw thyself. 

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a 
trumpet, and shew my people their transgression. 

Tliou shalt speak my words imto them, vvheth- 
ei" they will hear, or whether they ^^^ forbear. 



96 COMPENDIUM 

Rebuke them sharply, that they may be soun^ 
in the faith. 

Thou, son of man, I have set thee a watcW 
man unto the house of Israel ; therefore thoi 
shalt hear the word at mv mouth, and warn thei 
from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked; 
man, thou shalt surely die ; if thou dost not^: 
speak to warn the wicked from his v/ay, that 
wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his; 
blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, 
if thou v/arn the v/icked of Ins way to turn from 
it ; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die 
in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

Let no man despise thy youth : but be thou aii 
example of the believers, in word, in conversa- 
tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith? in puritj^ Till 
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhorta- 
tion, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in 
thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with 
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 
Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly 
to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 
Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine ; 
continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt 
both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to 
thy trust, avoiding profane babblings, and oppo- 
sitions of science falsely so called. I charge 
thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who 
shall judge the quick and the dead at his appear- 
ing and his kingdom ^ preach the word ; be in- 
stant in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, 
exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. . For 
the time will come when they will not endure 
sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall 
they heap to themselves teachers, having itching 



OF THE BIBLE. 97 

ears ; and they shall turn away their ears from 
the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But 
watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do 
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. 

Continue thou in the things which thou hast 
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of 
whom thou hast learned them ; and that from a 
child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which 
are able to make thee wise unto salvation through 
faith which is in Jesus Christ. All scripture is 
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for 
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruc- 
tion in righteousness : that the man of God may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works. 

A certain Jew, named Apollos, born at Alex- 
andria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the 
scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was 
instructed in the way of the Lord ; and being 
fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught dili- 
gently the things of the Lord. 

Speak thou the things w^iich become sound 
doctrine : that the aged men be sober, grave, tem- 
perate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience : 
the aged women likewise, that they be in behav- 
iour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not 
given to much wine, teachers of good things ; that 
they may teach the young women to be sober, to 
love their husbands, to love their children, io be 
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient 
to their own husbands, that the word of God be 
not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to 
be sober minded. In all things shewing thyself 
a pattern of good works : in doctrine shev»ing 
uncorruptness, gravitv, sincerity, sound speech 
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98 COMPENDIUM | 

I 

that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of the' 
contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil 
thing to say of you. Exhort servants to be obe- 
dient unto their own masters, and to please them 
well in all things ; not answering again : not pur- 
loining, but shewing all good fidelity ; that they 
may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all 
things. 

As we were allowed of God to be put in trust| 
with the gospel, even so we speak ; not as pleas- 
ing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 

I determined not to know any thing among 
you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And 
my speech and my preaching was not with en- 
ticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstra- 
tion of the Spirit and of power : that your faith 
should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in 
the power of God. 

I have not shunned to declare unto you all the 
counsel of God. 

If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desir- 
eth a good work. A bishop then must be blame- 
less, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of 
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 
not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy 
lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous ; 
one that ruleth well his own house, having his 
children in subjection with all gravity ; for if a 
man know not how to rule his own house, how 
shall he take care of the church of God ? not a 
novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into 
the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he 
must have a good report of them which are with- 
out; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of 
the devil. Likewise must the deacons be grave, 
liot double tongued. not given to much wine, not 



OF THE BIBLE. 99 

greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of 
the faith in a pure conscience. And let these 
also first be proved ; then let them use the office 
of a deacon, being found blameless. Let the 
deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their 
children and their own houses v/ell. For they 
that have used the office of a deacon well, pur- 
chase to themselves a good degree, and great 
boldness in the faith which is in Jesus Christ. 

A bishop must be a lover of hospitality a lover 
of good men, sober, just, holy 5 temperate; holding 
fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that 
he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort 
and to convince the gainsayers. 

The elders which are among you I exhort : feed 
the flock of God which is among you, taking the 
oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willing- 
ly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; 
neither as being lords over God's heritage, but 
being ensambles to the fiock And, when the 
chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a 
crown of glory that fadeth not away. 

Let the elders that rule well, be counted wor- 
thy of double honour, especially they which 
labour in the word and doctrine. 

Pray ye the I^ord of the harvest, that he will 
send forth labourers into his harvest. 

The labourer is worthy of his reward. Who 
goeth a warfare any time at his own charges ? 
who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the 
fruit thereof ? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth 
not of the milk of the flock ? Even so hath the 
Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel 
should live of the gospel. 

I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus 
Christ's sake, and for the love ot the Spirit, that 



100 COMPENDIUM 

you strive together with me in your prayers to 
God for me. Praying for me that utterance may 
be given unto me, that I may open my mouth 
boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 
for which I am an ambassador in bonds : that 
therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

Brethren, pray for us, that the word of the 
Lord may have free course, and be glorified. 

We beseech you. brethren, to know them 
which labour among you, and are over you in the 
Lord, and admonish you J and to esteem them 
very highly in love for their work's sake. 

Remember them which have the rule over you, 
v/ho have spoken unto you the word of God ; 
whose faith follow, considering the end of their 
conversation Obey them that have the rule over 
you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for 
your souls, as they that must give an account, 
that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. 

How shall they hear without a preacher .^ 
Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. 

Take heed how ye hear. Take heed what ye 
hear. 

Be not carried about with divers and strange 
doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart 
be established with grace. 

The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart from the faith, 
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of 
devils. 

In vain do they worship me, teaching for doc- 
trines the commandments of men. Ye reject 
the commandments of God, that ye may keep 
your own tradition* 

-Beware lest any man spoil you through philo- 



OF THE BIBLE. 101 

sophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, 
after the rudinaents of the world, and not after 
Christ. 

There be some that trouble you, and would 
pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or 
an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel 
unto you than that which we have preached unto 
you, let him be accursed. 

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in Siny of 
you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from 
the living God. 

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write 
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful 
for me to write unto you, and exhort you that 
ye should earnestly contend for the faith which 
was once delivered unto the saints. For there 
are certain men crept in unawares, who were 
before of old ordained to this condemnation, 
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into 
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, 
and our Lord Jesus Christ. 



CHAP. XXV. 

DUTIES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 

If any provide not for his own, and specially 
for those of his own house, he hath denied the 
laith, and is worse than an infidel. 

The parents ought to lay up for the children. 

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit 
the wind. 

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord. 

Fathers, provoke not your chihlren to anger, 
lest they be discouraged ; but bring them up in 
the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 
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102 COMPENDIUM 

These words, which I command thee this day, 
shall be in thine heart : and thou shalt teach them 
diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of 
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when 
thou w^alkest by the way, and when thou liest 
down, and when thou risest up, and thou shalt 
bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they 
shall be as frontlets between thine eyes, and thou 
shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, 
and on thy gates. 

Train up a child in the v/ay he should go : and 
when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let 
not thy soul spare for his crying. Withhold not 
correction from the child. He that spareth his 
rod hateth his son : but he that loveth him clias- 
teneth him betimes. Foolishness is bound in 
the heart of a child ; but the rod of correction 
shall drive it far from him. The rod and reproof 
give wisdom : but a child left to himself bringeth 
his mother to shame. Correct thy son, and he 
shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight 
unto thy soul. 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for 
this is right. 

Children, obey your parents in all things : for 
this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 

A son honoureth his father. 

Honour thj father and mother, which is the 
first commandment with promisej that it may 
be well with thee*, and thou mayest live long on 
the earth." 

Ye shall fear every man his mother and his 
father. 

Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and 
despise not thy mother when she is old. 



OF Tim BIBLE. 103 

A wise son iiiaketh a glad father f but a foolish 
son is the heaviness of his mother. 

My son, keep thj father's commandment, and 
forsake not the law of thy mother. 

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and 
forsake not the law of thy mother : for the j shall 
be aln ornament of grace unto thy head, and 
chains about thy neck. 

A fool despiseth his father's instruction : but 
he that regardeth reproof is prudent. 

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruc- 
tion : but he that hateth reproof shall dis. 

The eye that mocketh at his father, and des- 
piseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the val- 
ley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall 
eat it. ^ 

There is a generation that curseth their fatlier, 
and doth not bless their mother. 

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father, 
or his mother. 

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and 
saith, It is no transgression; the same is the 
companion of a destroyer. 

A brother offended is harder to be won thun a 
strong city : and their contentions are like the 
bars of a castle. 

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity I 



CHAP. XX VL 

ENVY. 

The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. 
The works of the flesh are strife, envyings. 
If ye have bitter envyins: and strife in vour 



104 COMPENDIUM 

hearts, glory not : for where envying and strife 
isj ' IS confusion and every evil work. 

I considered all travail, and every right work) 
thai ul- this a man is envied of his neighbour. 

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither 
desire to be with them. 

Let not thine heart envy sinners* 

Fret hot tbjself because of evil doers, tieither 
be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 

Vr rath killeth the foolish man, and envy slay- 
eth iIk* siljv one. 

A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but envy 
the rottenness of the bones. 

\V rath IS cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but 
who is able to stand before envy ? 



CHAP. XXVII. 

eqvaLity. 

God hath made of one blood all nations of me^ 
to dwell on the face of the earth. 

Have we not all one father ? hath not one God 
created us ? 

The rich and the poor meet together : the 
liOrd is the maker of them all. He fashioneth 
their hearts alike. 

The Almighty accepteth not the persons of 
princes nor regardeth the rich more than the 
poor t for thej are all the work of his hands. 

There is no difference between the Jew and 
the Greek : for the same Lord over all is rich 
un^o ail that call upon him. 

We also are men of like passions with j^ou. 

All things come alike to all : there is one 
event to the righteous and the v*icked» All go 



OF THE BIBLE. 105 

unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn 
to dust again. 

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the 
worms shall cover them. 

The memory of them is forgotten. Also their 
love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now 
perished. 

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to 
the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor 
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet 
favour to men of skill; but time and chance 
happeneth to them all. 



CHAP xxvni. 

EVIL-SPEAKING. 

Put them in mind to speak evil of no man. 

Thou shalt not raise a false report. Keep 
thee far from a false matter. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches. He that uttereth a slander is a fool. 

Keep not company with a railer. 

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle.^ He 
that backbiteth not with his tongue. 

I fear lest there be backbitings, whisperings. 

Put away from thee a fro ward mouth, and 
perverse lips put far from thee. 

A froward man soweth strife : and a whisperer 
separateth chief friends. 

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer 
amono; thy people. 

He ihat goeth about as a talebearer revealeth 
secr>ts. 

Where there is no talebearer the strife ceas- 
eth. 



106 COMPENDIUM 

tfricleanness, let it not be once named among 
you : neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, norl 
jesting. 

Remove from me reproach and contempt. 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from| 
speaking guiie. 

Let all evil-speaking be put away from you*l 



CHAP. XXIX. 

S'AITH AND WORKS. 

Be not faithless but believing, Lord, 1 believe^ 
help thou mine unbelief. 

Faith is the substance of thiiigs hoped for, th 
evidence of things not seen. 

Jesus saith unto them, have faith in God Y 
believe in God, belif-ve also in me. No man ca 
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.' 

He said unto them. Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. He 
that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved ; 
but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting 
life : and he that believeth not on the Son shall 
not see life 5 but the wrath of God abideth on 
him. 

He that bearetb my word, and believeth on 
him that sent me. hath everlasting life, and shall 
not come into condemnation; but is passed from 
death unto life. 

He that believeth on him is not condemned ; 
but he that believeth not is condemned already 5 
because he hath not believed in the name of the 
only begotten Son of God. And this is the con- 
demnation, that light has come into the world I 



OF THE BIBLE. lOf 

and men loved darkness rather than light, be^ 
cause their deeds were evil. 

Had ye believed Moses, je would have believ^ 
ed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe 
not his writings, how shall je believe my words ^ 

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, nei- 
ther will they be perftuaded though one rose from 
the dead. 

Whosoever shall confess me before men, him 
will I confess also before my Father which is in 
heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I deny before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is 
the Christ ? He is antichrist, that denieth the 
Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the 
Son, the same hath not the Father : but he that 
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also, 

Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my 
words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, 
of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed^ 
when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with 
the holy angels. 

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, an4 
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and 
through all, and in you all. 

Without faith it is impossible to please him : 
for he that cometh to God must believe that he 
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that dili* 
gently seek him. 

Whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 

Knowing that a man is not justified by the 
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, 
even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we 
might be justified by the faith of Christ, and nqt 



108 COMPENDIUM 

t 

by the works of the law : for by the works 
the law shall no flesh be justified. 

If righteousness come by the law, then Chris 
is dead in vain. That no man is justified by thi 
law in the sight of God, it is evident : for, Th^ 
just shall live by faith. And the law is not o 
faith. > 

Examine yourselves whether ye be in thi 
faith. 

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any o 
you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing froii 
the living God. 

Let us hold fast the profession of our fait! 
without wavering, for he is faithful that promis' 
ed ; and let us consider one another to provoke 
unto love and to good works. 

By Vvorks a man is justified, and not by faith 
only. 

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a 
man say he hath faith, and have not works ^ Can 
faith save him ^ If a brother or sister be naked, 
and destitute of daily food, and one of you say 
unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and 
filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those 
things which are needful to the body ; what doth 
it profit i Even so faith, if it hath not works, is 
dead being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou 
hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith 
without thy works, andj will shew thee my faith 
by my works Thou believest that there is one 
God-; thou doest well: the devils also believe 
and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man ! 
that faith without works is dead ? 

Ye shall know them by their fruits. 

Not every one tlmt saith unto me Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven : but he^ 



OF THE BIBLE. 109 

that doeth the will of my Fathfer that is in hea- 
ven. 

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and 
i doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man 
which built his house upon a rock : and the rain 
descended, and the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not ; 
for it was founded upon a rock. And ev«ry one 
that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man^ 
which built his house upon the sand : and the 
rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it 
fell : and great was the fall of it. 

Whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and 
sister, and mother. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. 

Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only* 
Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and 
keep it. 

The kingdom of God is not in word, but in 
power. 

The kingdom of God is not meat and drink ; 
but righteousness and peace, and joy in the 
Holy Ghost. 

Walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, 
being fruitful in every good work-. 

Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your Fa- 
ther which is in heaven. 

This is a faithful saying, and these things I 
will that thou afiirm constantly, that they which 
have believed in God, might be careful to main- 
tain good works: these things are good and 
profitable unto men. 
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110 COMPENDIUM 

Pure religion and undefiled before God and| 
the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and 
vv'idows^ in their affliction, and to keep himself 
unspotted from the world. 



CHAP. X-XX. 

FASTIIwG. 

When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a 
sad countenance ; for they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily, 
1 say unto you, they have their reward. But 
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and 
wash thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to 
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and 
thy Father which seeth in secret will reward 
thee openly. 

Behold, ye fast, for strife and debate, and to 
smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not 
fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be 
heard on high. Is it such a fast that I (God) have 
chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it 
to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread 
sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call 
this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ?] 
Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy bur- 
dens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that 
ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread 
to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that 
are cast o«pt to thy house ? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him : and that thou hide 
not thyself from thine own flesh ? Then shall 
thy light break forth as the morning, and thine 
health shall spring forth speedily : and thy 



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OF THE BIBLE. Ill 

righteousness shall go before thee 5 the glory of 
the Lord shall be thy rere-ward. 

CHAP. XXXL 

FIDELITY. 

A faithful man shall abound with blessings. 
The Lord preserveth the faithful. 

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land. 

It is required in stewards that a man be found 
faithful. 

If ye have not been faithful in that which is 
another man's, who shall give you that which 
is your own ? 

He that is faithful in that which is least is 
faithful also in much. 

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth ; for 
the faithful fail from among the children of men. 

A faithful man who can find ? There is no 
faithfulness in their mouth. 

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of 
trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of 
joint. 

Why do we deal treacherously every man 
against his brother ? 

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give 
thee a crown of life. 



CHAP. XXXIL 

FLOOD. 

God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of the 
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 



112 COMPENDIUM 

And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I 
have created, from the face of the earth; both 
man and beast, and the creeping things, and the 
fowls of the air. But Noah found grace in the 
eyes of the Lord. The earth also was corrupt 
before God : and the earth was filled with vio- 
lence. And God looked upon the earth, and be- 
hold, it was corrupt : for all flesh had corrupted 
his way upon the earth. And God said unto 
Noah, the end of all flesh is come before me ; for 
the earth is filled with violence : and behold, I 
will destroy them with the earth. 

Make thee an ark. And behold I, even I, do 
brin^ a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy 
all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under 
heaven : and every thing that is in the earth 
shall die» But with thee will I establish my cov^ 
eVi' rtt ; and thou shalt come into the ark ; thou, 
and thv sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives 
with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, 
two of every sort shall thou bring into the ark^ 
to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male 
and female. And Noah did according unto all 
that the Lord commanded him. 

It came to pass after seven days, that the 
waters of the flood were upon the earth. In the 
sixth hundreth year of Noah's life, in the second 
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the 
same day were all the fountains of the great deep 
broken up, and the windows of heaven were 
opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty 
days and forty nights. And the flood was forty 
days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, 
and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the 
earth. And the waters prevailed, and were 
increased greatly upon the earth 5 and the ark 



OF THE BIBLE. 113 

Yv ent upon the face of the waters. And the water? 
prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all 
the high hills that were under the whole heaven 
were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the 
waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 

All flesh died that moved upon the earth, both 
of fowl, aiid of cattle, and of beast, and of ever v 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and 
every man. And Noah only remained alive, and 
they that were with him in the ark. And tlie 
waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and 
iifty days. And God remembered Noal., and 
every living thing, and all the cattle that was 
with him in the ark: and God made a wind to 
pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; 
the fountains also of the deep, and the windows 
of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven 
was restrained ; and the waters returned from ;ft' 
the earth continually : and after the end of -he 
liundred and fifty days tlie waters were abat 'd. 
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on he 
seventeenth day of the month, upon the moun- 
tains of Ararat. And the waters decreased 
continually until the tenth month : in the tenth 
month on the fi^:st day .of the month, were the 
tops of the mountains seen. And it came to pass. 
in the six hundred and first year, in the first 
month, the first day of the month, the waters 
were dried up from off the earth. And in the 
second month, on the seven and twentieth day 
of the month, was the earth dried. 

God spake unto iNoah, saying. Go forth of the 
ark, thou, and t'ny wife, and thy sons, and thy 
sons* v/ives with thee. Bring forth with thee 
itveiy living thins: that is with thee of all flesh. 
An<\ \i):^h wentfoi-Hw iva\ his -ous, an4 hi^ wi^*-^' 
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114 COMPENDIUM 

and his $pns' wives with him : every beast, every 
creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever 
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went 
forth out of the ark. 

Noah bnjlded an alter unto the Lord, and took 
of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, 
and offered burnt oiFerings on the altar. And 
the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord 
said in his heart, I will not again curse the 
ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagi- 
nation of man's heart is evil from his youth : 
neither will I again smite any more every living- 
thing which 1 have done. While the earth 
remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and 
beat, and summer and winter, and day and night 
ghall not cease. 



CHAP. XXXIIL 

FORGIVENESS. 

Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. 

If ye forgive men their trespass?^, your hea- 
venly Father will also forgive you ; but if ye for- 
give not men their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

He thatcovereth a transgression seeketh love. 
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger : and 
it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 

His lord, after that he had called him, said 
lunto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee 
all that debt, because thou desiredst me : should- 
est not thou also have had compassion on thy 
fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? and 
his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the 
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due 



OF THE BIBLE. 115 

txnto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father 
do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive 
not every one his brother their trespasses. 

They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he 
kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice. 
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And 
when he had said this, he fell asleep. 

When they were come to the place which is 
called Calvary, there they crucified him and the 
inalefactors. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive 
Jiem ; for they know not what they do. 



CHAP. XXXI V. 

FORTITUDE. 

Say to them that iue of a fearful heart, be 
trong, fear not. 

Wait on the liord : be of good courage, and he 
-hall strengthen thine heart. 

Hold fast the form of sound v/ords, which thou 
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in 
Jesus Christ. 

liCt us hold fast our profession. Let us come 
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain 
mercy, and find grace fo help in time of need. 

I go the way of all the, earth : be thou strong, 
therefore and shew thyself a man. 

Stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, bi^ 
strong. 

Be strong in the grace that is in Jesus Christ. 

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his 
might. Put on the whole armour of God, that 
ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. For we wrestle not as^ainst flesli and 



116 COMPENDIUM 

blood ; but a^^ainst principalities, against powers, M 
against the rulers of the darkness of this w jrid, 
against spiritual wickedness in high places. 
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil 
day, and liaving done all to stand* Stand, there- 
fore, having your loins girt about with truth, and 1 
having on the breastplate of righteousness; and 
your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel 
of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery 
darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of 
vsalvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is 
the word of God : praying always with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching 
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication 
for all saints. 



CHAP, XXXV. 

FRAILTY AND IMPERFECTION OF MAN. 

All flesh is grass, and all the^ goodliness 
thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass 
withereth, the flower fadeth. 

As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower 
of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind 
passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. 

We spend our years as a tale that is told. 
The days of our years are threescore years and 
ten ; and if by reason of strength, they be four- 
score years, yet is their strength labour and 
sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 

Childhood and youth are vanity. Surely 
every man is vanity. Terily every man at iiis 
best slate is altogether variity. 



OF THE BIBLE. 117 

Surelj every man walketh in a vain shew : 
surely they are disquieted in vain. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

Here have we no continuing city. 

Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow 
we will go into such a city, and continue there a 
year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas 
je know not what shall be on the morrow. For 
what is your life ? it is even a vapour, that 
appeareth for a little season, and then vanisheth 
away. For that ye ought to say, if the Lord 
will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 

Your fathers, where are they ? and the pro- 
phets, do they live for ever ? 

Man that is born of a woman is of few days 
and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a 
flower and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a 
shadow and continueth not. 

Man is like to vanity ; his days are as a shadow 
that passeth away. 

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly 
upward. Man goeth to his long home, and the 
mourners go about the streets. 

The glory of man is as the flower of the grass. 

"When he dieth he shall carry nothing away ; 
his glory shall not descend after him. 

In the morning they are like grass which 
growcih up. In the morning it flourisheth, and 
groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and 
withered. 

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall 
turn a^ain unto dust. 

His breath goeth forth, he returncth to his 
earth. 

Thou changest his countenance, and sendest 
him away. 



118 COMPENDIUM 

Thou takest away their breath, they die, and 
return to their dust. 

I know that thou wilt bring me to death, anji 
to the house appointed for all living. 

His days are determined, the number of his 
months are with thee ; thou hast appointed histi 
bounds that he cannot pass. ^ 

He shall return no more to his house, neither 
shall his place know him any more. 

When a few years are come, then I shall go 
the w^ay whence I shall not return. 

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see 
me no more : thine eyes are upon me, and I am 
not. 

Man dieth and wasteth away. 

I have said to corruption, thou art my father : 
to the worm, thou art my mother, and my sister. 

What man isiie that liveth, and shall not see 
death ? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand 
of the grave ? 

It is appointed unto men once to die. 

There is no man that hath power over the spirit 
to retain the spirit ; neither hath he power in the 
day of death ; and there is no discharge in that 
^var. 

Shortly T must put oiF this my tabernacle. 
The time of my departure is at hand. 

The time is short : it remaineth, that both they 
that have wives be as though they had none; and 
they that weep, as though they wept not ; and 
they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; 
and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; 
and they that use this world, as not abusing it : 
for the fashion of this w^orld passeth away. 

Oh that they were wise, tl^.at they understood 
this, th^it they would consider their latter end. 



OF THE BIBLE. 119 

I have seen all the works that are done under 
the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation 
of spirit. 

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the 
measure ofmj days, what it is ; that I may know 
how frail T am. Behold, thou hast made my days 
as an hand breadth ; and mine age is as nothing 
before thee. 

Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, 
return ye children of men. 

Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and 
his angels he charged with folly ; how much less 
in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foun- 
dation is in the dust, which are crushed before 
the moth. They are destroyed from morning to 
evening : they perish for ever without any re- 
garding it. IJoth not their excellency which is 
in them go away? They die even without wisdom. 

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, 
because our days upon earth are a shadow. 

The liOrd knoweth the thoughts of man, that 
they are vanity. 

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise^ 
that they are vain. 

The wisdom of this world is foolishness with 
God. ' 



CHAP. XXXVL 

FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND VIOLENCE. 

Defraud not. Ye shall not deal falsely. 

Th.ou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neitljer 
rob liim. 

If thou lend money to anv of my people, thou 
slialt net lay uDon him usurv. 



120 COMPENDIUM 

He that bj usury and unjust gain increasethj 
liis substance, he shall gather it for him that willj 
pity the poor. 

Better is a little with righteousness, than great 
revenues without right. 

He that getteth riches and not by right, shall 
leave them in the midst of his days, and at bis 
end shall be a fool. 

An inlieritance may be gotten hastily at the be-i 
ginning ; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a1 
vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. ] 

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but 
when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by 
unrighteousness. 

Woe to him that increaseth that which is not 
Lis! 

Ye shall not oppress one another. 

If thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buyest 
aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not 
oppress one another. 

Oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the 
stranger, nor the poor. 

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his 
Maker : but he that honoureth him hath mercy 
on the poor. 

Rob not the poor because he is poor : neither 
oppress the afflicted in the gate : for the Lord 
will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those 
that spoiled them. The Lord executeth right- 
eousness and judgment for all that are opprei^ed. . 

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless 
child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they 
cry at all unto me^ I will surely hear their cry. 

What mean ye that ^^e grind the feces of the 
poor ? 



OF THE BIBLE. 1^1 

He that opprcsseth the poor to increase his 
riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely 
come to want. 

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he 
take away thy bed from under thee ? 

I will be a swift w^itness against those that 
oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and 
tlie fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger 
frfMii his right, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Trust not in oppression^ and become not vain 
in robbery. 

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none 
of his ways. 

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work 
evil upon their beds ! when the morning is light 
they practice it, because it is in the power of 
tiseir hand. And they covet fields, and take them 
bv violence ; and houses, and take them away : 
si) they oppress a man and his house, even a 
man and his heritage. 

Do violence to no man. Let them turn every 
one from the violence that is in their hands. 

The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful 
r.ian. The wicked and him that loveth violence 
liis soul hateth. 

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, 
and estabiisheth a city by iniquity ! 

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any 
person shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 

Surely your blood of your lives will I require : 

Hie hand of every beast will I require it : and 
v,t the liand of man, at the hand of every man's 
brother, Vvill I require the life of man. Whoso 
shed doth man's blood, by man shall his blood be 

cd. 

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122 - > COMPENDIUM 

^ CHAP. XXXVII. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

Make sure tbj friend. 

A friend ioveth at all times, and a brother is 
born for adversity. 

• ^Thine own fiiend, and thy father's ftiendj 
forsake not. 

A man that hath friends must shew himself 
friendly ; and there is a friend that sticketh 
closer than a brother. i 

To him that is affiictedj pity should be shewed ■ 
from his friend. 

Have pity upon me^ ye my friends ; for the 
hand of God hath touched me. 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man 
lay down his life for his friends. 

Make no friendship with an angry man. 

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, 
rising up early in the -morning, it shall be count- 
ed a curse to him. 

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even 
the eyes of his children shall fail. 

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour : 
but the rich hath many friends. 

Wealth maketh many friends ; but the poor 
is separated from his neighbour. 

My familiar friends have forgotten me, AH 
my inward friends abhorred me : and they whom 
I loved are turned against me. 

Mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, 
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up liis 
heel against me. 

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil sliall riot 
depart from his house. 

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence 



OF THE BIBLE. U$ 

in a guide. It is better to trust in the Lord than 
to put confidence in man. 

Knovv je not that the friendship of the world 
is enmity with God ? Whosoever therefore wiii 
be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 



CHAP. XXXVIIL 

FUTURE HAPPINESS AND MISERY. 

There remaineth a rest to the people of God. 
Let us labour to enter into that rest. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the 
gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to de- 
struction, and many there be that go in tiiereat ; 
because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, 
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that 
find it. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death 
of his saints. 

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth ; yea saith the Spirit, that they 
t may rest from their labours, and their works do 
Mol low them. 

I have fought a good fight, I jjave finished my 
course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there 
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which 
the Lord, tike righteous judge, shall give me at 
that day : and not to me only, but unto all them 
also that love his appearing. 

He that Valketh ^righteously, and speak eth 
uprightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppres- 
sions, that shake th his hands from holding of 
bribes, that stpppeth his ears from hearing of 
blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; he 
shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall 



i 



124 COxMPENDIUM I 

be the munitions of rocks : bread shall be give 
him ; his waters shall be sure. '^ 

In my Father's house are many mansions 
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. 

In thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right 
hand there are pleasures for everinoie. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord^ 
Jesus Christ, Mdiich according to his abundant 
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and 
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 

These are they which came out of great tribu' 
lation, and have washed their robes, and made 
them v^'hite in the blood of the Lamb. There- 
fore are they before the throne of God, and serve 
him day and night in his temple : and he that 
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any 
more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor 
any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst 
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 
unto living fountains of waters : and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, 
nor cryinf];, neither shall there be any more pain. 

God will render to every man according to 
his deeds ; to them who, by patient continuance 
in v/ell doing, seek for glory, and honour, and 
immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are 
contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey 
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath ; tribu- 
lation and anguisli upon every soul of man that 
doeth evil. 



' OF THE BIBLE. 123 

, Tlie time is come, that judgment must begin 

I at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, 

-ivhat shall the end be of them that obey not the 

j gospel of God ? If the righteous scarcely be 

^aved, where shall tlie ungodly and the sinner 

appear ? 

Our God is a consuming fire. It is a fearful 
thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 

The sinners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness 
hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us 
shall dwell with the devouring fire ? who among 
us shall dwell with everlasting burnings ? 

What part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all 
the nations that forget God. 

The axe is laid unto the root of the trees : 
therefore every tree which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is heVn down and cast into the fire. 

Whosoever was not found written in the book 
^ of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

He will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather 
his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up 
tlie chaiY\vith unquenchable fire. 

Their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. The smoke of their torment ascend- 
^•t'l up for ever and ever. 

There was a certain rich man, which was 

clol'ned in purple and fine linen, and fared sump- 

^■^ ?usi V t^very day. Andthere was a certain beg- 

named Lazarus, which w^as laid at his gate. 

! of sores, and desiring to be fed with the 

'ivo^ which tell from t\^e. rich man's table: 

•eover, the dogs came and licked his sorrs. 

:i it came to i:?i>?, wit t^^e he2:2^ar died, and 
^va:^ carried bv the an^-^ls into Abraham's bosoni : 
ihe vv^h ;nan^n>'> dif'o. a-^d wa^. binned ; and m 



126 COMPENDIUM 

hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. .and 
seeth Abraham afor oli; and Lazarus in his bo^ 
sorn. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham^, 
have mercj on me ; and send Lazarus, that he 
may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool 
mj^tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 
But Abraham said. Son, remember that tliou ia 
thj life-time received st thy good things, and 
hkewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. And besides all 
this, between us and you there is a great guliiixed^ 
so that they which would pass from hence to yoiv 
cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would 
come from thence. Then he said, 1 pray thee 
therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to 
my father's house : for I have live brethren ? that 
he may testify unto them, lest thev also should 
come into this place of torment. Abraham saitk 
unto him. They have Moses and the proohets ; let 
them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abra- 
ham : but if one went unto them from the dead, 
they will repent. And he said unto him, If thev 
liear not Moses and the prophets, neither will 
they be persuaded though one rose from the. dead. 



CHAP. XXXLX. 

GODLINESS. 

♦ 

Exercise thyself unto godliness. 

Godliness is profitable unto all thino:s, ImviHg 
promise of the life that now is, and of thai whicli 
is to come. 

Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our 
conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincer- 
ity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the\j;race of 
Goii. ^^^e have had our conversation in the world. 



OF THE BIBLE. 127 

I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
!iat ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
lioly, acceptable unto God, which is your rea- 
sonable service. 

Ye shall be holy ; for I the Lord j^our God am 
]'/^]y. As he which hath called you is holy, so be 
ve holy in all manner ot conversation. Yield your 
members servants to rigliteousness unto holiness. 

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, with- 
out which no man shall see the Lord. 

The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for 
iiimself. 

Blessed is the man that w-alketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way 
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of tlie scornful ; 
but liis delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in 
is law doth he meditate day and night. And 
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of 
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season : 
his leaf also shall not wither: and whatsoever 
he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so ; 
Vutare like the chaff which the wind driveth 
;iwa3'. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand 
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation 
of tlie righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way 
^f trie righteous: but the way of the ungodly 
nail perish. 

An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in his 
;ips there is a burning fire. 

The wratii of God is revealed from heaven 
::ainst all ungodliness and unrighteousness of 

Behold, the Loi'd cometh with ten thousand of 

5 sunts, to execute judgment upon all, and to 

convince all that are ungodly among them of all 

ih.eir ungodly deeds v/^iich thev have iingcdly 



128 COMPENDIUM 

committed, and of all their hard speeches which 
ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 

The heavens and the earth are kept in stoie, 
reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment 
and perdition of ungodly men. 

The grace of God, that hringeth salvation, 
hath appeared to all men, teaching us that deny- 
ing ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should 
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this pre- 
sent world ; looking for that hlessed hope, and 
the glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. 



CHAR XL. 

GOVERNMENT OF THE THOUGHTS, LANGUAGEj 
AND PASSIONS. 

Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of 
it are the issues of life. 

How can ye, heing evil, speak good things ? 
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketu A good man, out of the good treasure 
of the heart, hringeth forth good things ; and au 
evil man, out of the evil treasure, hringeth forth 
evil things. 

Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, mur- 
ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false wit- 
ness. b]a«^)hcmies. 

V\'herefore think ye evil in your l^.oart;^ ? 

Let none of you imagine c-vil in yoiir hearts 
n;^:inist his neighbour. 

" Let tlie wicked forsake his way, and ihd un- 
ri^'^iteous raari ills thoughts. 

If thon ^last thought evil, lay iliiiie haifd upon 
t!:v la -iirh. 



OF THE BIBLE. 129 

The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitj : it is 
an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. 

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life. 
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth 
his soul from troubles. 

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin. 

In many things we oftend all. If any man 
oiTend not in word, the same is a perfect man, 
and able also to bridle the whole body. 

If any man among you seem to be religious, 
and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his 
own heart, this man's religion is vain. 

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of 
your mouth. 

He that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that 
they speak no guile. 

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and 
perverse lips put far from thee. 

In the multitude of words there wanteth not 
sin : but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words ? 
there is more hope of a fool than of him. 

A fool uttereth all his mind ; but a wise man 
keepeth it in till afterwards. 

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. 

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment. 

Whosoever is angry with his brother without 
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. 

Grievous words stir up anger. Let every man 
be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. 

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly. 

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for 
anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Be ye angry. 



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and sin not ; let not the sun go down upon i\\f 
wrath. "^ 

With a furious man thou shalt not go. 

He that is slow to wrath is of great under- 
standing. 

He that is slow to anger is better than the 
mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit than hej 
that taketh a city. " 

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like 1 
a city that is broken down, and without walls. 

Let your moderation be known unto all men. 
The Lord is at hand. 

The end of all things is at hand : be ye there- 
fore sober. 

Put off anger, wTath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

Every idle word that men shall speak, they 
shall give account thereof in the day of judg- 
ment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified^ 
and by thy w^ords thou shalt be condemned. 

Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Let the 
words of my mouth, and the meditation of my 
heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength, and ?:iy Redeemer. 

Search me, God, and know my heart : try 
me, and knov/ my thoughts : and see if there be 
any wicked wslj in me, and lead me in the way 
•everlasting. 



CHAP. XLL 

GRACE. 

The grace of God bringeth salvation. 
We believe that, through the grace of the Lord 
Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. 



OF THE BIBLE. 131 

By the holy Spirit of God ye are sealed unto 
the day of redemption. 

By grace are ye saved through faith : and that 
not of yourselves ; it is the gift of God. Not of 
works, lest any man should boast. For we are 
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto 
good works, which God hath before ordained 
that we should walk in them. 

As many as were ordained to eternal life be- 
lieved. 

We ourselves were sometimes foolish, disobe- 
dient, deceived, serving divers Justs and pleas- 
ures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hat- 
ing one another. But after that the kindness and 
love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 
not hy works of righteousness, which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by 
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost ; which was shed on us abundantly, 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour : that being 
justified by his grace, we should be made heirs 
.iccording to the hope of eternal life. 
, Ee thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel 
according to the power of God ; who hath saved 
us, and called us with an holy calling, not ac- 
cording to our works, but according to his own 
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ 
f Jesus before the world began. 

To sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, 
is not mine to give; but it shall be given to 
them for whom it is prepared. 

Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
: of tiie world. 

Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. By 
'he gvcice of God I am what I am. Unto everv 



13£ ^ COMPENDIUM 

one of us is given grace according to the measure 
of the gift of Christ. The gift of God is eternal' 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and 
the acknowledging of the truth which is after 
godliness; in hope of eternal life, w^hich God 
that cannot lie, promised before the world began,j 
but hath in due times manifested his word 
through preaching, which is committed unto me 
according to the commandment of God our 
Saviour ; to Titus, mine own son after the com-! 
mon faith : Grace, mercy, and peace, from God 
the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour 

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, 
through the will of God, and Sosthenes our bro- 
ther, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, 
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called 
to be saints, with all that in every place call upon 
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs 
and ours : Grace be unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the stran- 
gers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cap- 
padocia, Asia, and Bythinia, elect according to 
the foreknowledge of God the Father, through 
the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ : 
Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, to them that have obtained like precious 
faith with us through the righteousness of God 
and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; Grace and peace 
be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of 
God, and of Jesus our Lord, according; as. his 
divine power has given unto us all things that 
pertain unto life and godliness, through the 



^' OF THE BIBLE, 133 

knowledge of him that hath called us unto glorj 
and virtue 

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother 
of James, to them that are sanctified by God 
the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and 
called : Mercy unto you, and peace, and love be 
multiplied. 

Many are called, but few are chosen. 

I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, 
and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 

I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, 
and I will have compassion on whom I will have 
compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, 
nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth 
mercy. 

Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither 
he that watereth: but God that giveth the in- 
crease. 

No man can come unto me, except it were 
given unto him of my Father. 

This is the Father's will which hath sent me, 
that of all which he hath given me I should lose 
nothing, but should raise it up again at the last 
day. 

Thou hast given him power over all flesh, that 
he should give eternal life to as many as thou 
hast given him. 

God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to 
obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Father hath made us meet to be partakers 
of the inheritance of the saints in light. 

I endure all things for the elect's sake, that 
they may obtain the salvation which is in Christ 
Jesus, with eternal glory. 

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the 
grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ 
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134 COifPENDIUM 

God is faithful 9 by whom ye were called unto the 
fellowship of his son Jesus Christ our Lord. Ye 
see your calling, brethren, how that not many 
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not 
many noble, are called. 

God hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus 
Christ. 

For the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he 
hath shortened the days. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spir- 
itual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : ac- 
cording as he hath chosen us in him before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy 
and. without blame before him in love: having 
predestinated us unto the adoption of children 
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good 
pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted 
in the beloved : in whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, accor- 
ding to the riches of his grace ; wherein he hatli 
abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence ; 
having made known unto us the mj^stery of his 
will, according to his good pleasure which he 
hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensa- 
tion of the fulness of times, he might gather to-, 
gether in one all things in Christ, both which are 
in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him : 
in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of 
\\\m who worketh all things after the counsel of 
iiis own will ; that we should be to the praise of 
his gl<»ry, wlio fast trusted in Christ. 

Work out your own salvation with fear and 
f remblin^c. ¥ov it is God which worketh in voti 
bath t.) svlU and do of his g^^od plWsnrt^. 



OF THE BIBLE. 135 

The Lord knoweth them that are his. 

God hath not cast away his people which he 
foreknew. There is a remnant according to the 
election of c;race. And if bv grace, then it is 
no more of works : otlierwise grace is no more 
grace. 

We know that all tilings work together for 
good to Ihcn^ thnt love God, to them who are the 
called according;*; to iiis piuposc- For whom he 
did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be 
conformed to the image of !iis Son, that he might 
be the first born among many brethren. More- 
over, whom he did predestinate, them he also 
caUed: and whom he called, tliCm he also justi- 
iied ; and whom he justilied, tliem he also glori- 
fied. 

We are hound to give thanks alway to God for 
you, brethren beiov<»d of the Lord, because God 
bath in the {>eginning chosen you to salvation 
through sanctiiication of the Spirit, and belief of 
the truth : whereunto he called you by ourgospel, 
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
liamb shall overcome them : for he is LorcJ of 
lords, and King of kini>s ; and they that are vvith 
him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 

Bretliren, mve diligence to make vour calling 
and election sur« ; for if je do these thin2:s ye 
shall never fail : for so an entrance shall he min- 
istered unto you abundantly into the everlasting 
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of 
God, I commend you to God, and to the word of 
his grace. 

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto 
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye 



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have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and^ 

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CHAP XLIL > 

HOSPITALITY. 

Love ye the stranger. The stranger that 
dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one horn; 
among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself.' 

The stranger did not lodge in the street : but 
I opened my doors to the traveller. 

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers ; for 
thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 

Be given to hospitality. Use hospitality one 
to another without grudging. 

Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and, 
lo, three men stood by him : and, when he saw 
them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, 
and bowed himself toward the ground, and said, 
let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and 
wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the 
tree ; and 1 will fetch a morsel of bread, and 
comfort ye your hearts. And he took butter and 
milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set 
it before them ; and he stood by them under the 
tree^ and they did eat. 

Jesus said to him that bade him, When thou 
makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendsy 
nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy 
rich neighbours i lest they also bid thee again, 
and a recompense bc made thee. But \vhen 
thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind : and thou shalt be hlessed ; 
for they cannot recompense thee ; for thou shalt 
be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 



OF THE BIBLE. 1S7 

CHAP. XLIII. 

HUMILITY. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit : for their's is 
the kiiigflom of heaven. 

Before honour is humility. Bj humility, and 
ihe fear of the Lord, are riches, and honour, 
and life. 

If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your 
feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 
For 1 liave given you an example, that ye shouul 
do as I liave done to you. 

Mind not high things, but condescend to men 
oi low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 

Cease from thine own wisdom. The Almigh- 
ty respecteth not any that are wise of heart. 
Seest thou a mnn wise in liis own conceit ^ there 
is more iiope of a fool than of liim. 

Let no njan deceive himself; if any man 
among you seeuietli to be wise in this world, let 
him become a fool that he may he wise. 

If any man think he knovv'^eth any thing, he 
knoweth nothin^: vet* as he oujrht to know. 

If a num think himself to be something, when 
he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 

I say, tlu'ough the grace given unto me, to every 
man (hat is among you, not to think of himself 
more highly than he ought to think ; but to think 
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every 
man tiie measure of faith. 

Be not wise m tliine own eyes. Woe unto 
. tisem that are wise in their own eyes, and pru- 
dent in their own sij>ht ! 

The liaughty shall be humbled. A man's pride 
shall bring him low : but honour shall uphold 
' umble in spirit. 



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138 COMPENDIUM } 

Thou shalt no more be haughty. The loftiness | 
of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness 
of men shall be made low. 

Be not proud. Pride goeth before destruction, 
and an haughty spirit before a fall. 

Better is it to be of an humble spirit with the 
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. 

Talk no more exceeding proudly ; let not 
arrogancy come out of your mouth. Pride and 
arrogancy do I hate. 1 will cause the arrogan- 
cy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the 
haughtiness of the terrible. 

Lean not to thine own understanding. He 
that trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

Most men will proclaim every one his own 
goodness : but a faithful man who can find t 

He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own 
glory. Let another man praise thee, and not 
thine own mouth. 

Not he that commendeth himself is approved, 
but whom the Lord commendeth. 

Be not high-minded. Charge them that are 
rich in this world, that thej be not high-minded. 

The rich man is wise in his own conceit ; but 
the poor that hath understanding searcheth him 
out. 

Thus saith the Lord, let not the wise man glory 
in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory 
in liis might, let not the rich man glory in his 
riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, 
that he uiiderstandeth and know^eth me, that I 
am tlie Lord, which exercise loving-kindness, 
judgmenj;, and righteousness, in the earth : for 
in these things I delight, saith the Lord. 

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world 
to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the 



OF THE BIBLE. 139 

weak tilings of the world to confound the things 
which are mighty ; and base things of the world, 
and things which are despised, hath God chosen, 
yea, and things which are not, to bring to nou<>ht 
things that are : that no flesh should glory in his 
presence. 

Vain man would be wise. Remove far from me 
vanity. Let us not be desirous of vain -glory. 

Let nothing be done through strife or vain- 
glory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem 
others better than themselves. 

He that* is void of wisdom despiseth his neigh- 
bour. He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth. 

Who maketh thee to dilFer from another ? and 
what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? 

Whosoever will be chief among you, let him 
be your servant. 

Ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. 
Yea, all of jou be subject one to another, and be 
clothed with humility : for God resisteth the 
proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble 
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of 
God, that he may exalt you in due time. 

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, 
and he shall lift you up. He shall save the 
humble person. 

Surely he scorneth the scorners : but he giveth 
grace unto the lowly. 

V/hosoever shall humble himself as this ]iit]e 
child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

No doubt but ye are the people, and v/isdom 
shall die with you. 

I bear them record, that they have a zeal of 
God, but not according to knowledge. For they, 
being ignoiant of God's righteousness, and 



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goin<^ about to establish their own righteousness, 
have not submitted themselves unto the right- 
eousness of God. 

There is a generation that are pure in their 
own eves, and yet is not washed from their fil- 
thiness. 

Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I . 
am holier than thou. 

If we say that we have no sin^ we deceive 
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall 
condemn me : if I say I am perfect, that shall ' 
also prove me perverse. 

Ye are they which justify yourselves before i 
men: but God knoweth your hearts. 

Jesus spake this parable unto certain whicli 
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, 
^m\ despised others. Two men went up into the 
temple to pray i the one a Pharisee, and the othey 
a publican. The Pharisee stood, and prayed 
thus with himself, God, 1 thank thee that I am 
not 03 other men are, extortioners, unjust, adul- 
terers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in 
the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And 
the publican, standing afar oif, would not lift up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 
ins breast, sa}^^ing5 God be merciful to me a sin- 
ner. 1 tell you this man went down to his house 
justified rather than the other ; for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he 
that liujnbleth himself shall be exai ted. 

Ill th.oughts from the visions of night, when, 
deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, 
and treuihiing. which made all my bones to shake. 
^^.Hien H spirit passed before my face ; the hair of 
ii)v ila^ii t:i(>od up : it stood stilKbut I could not; 



OF THE BIBLE. 141 

discern the form thereof: an image was before 
mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a 
voice, sayingjShali mortal man be more just than 
God r Shall a man be mere pure than his Maker ? 



CHAP. XLIV. 

HYPOCRISY. 

Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, 
which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing cover- 
ed, that shall not be revealed ; neither hid, that 
shall not be known. 

The hypocrite's hope shall perish. The con- 
gregation of hypocrites shall be desolate. What 
is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath 
gained, when God taketh away his soul ? 

An hypocrite shall not come before him. The 
hypocrites in heart heap up wrath. 

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his 
neighbour. 

The triumphing of the wicked is short, and 
the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. 

With a double heart do they &peak : which 
speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is 
in their hearts. With their mouth they shew 
much love, but their heart goeth after their cov- 
etousness. 

This people draweth nigh unto me with their 
mouth, and bonoureth me'with their lips; but 
their heart is far from me. 

They profess that they know God, but in 
works they deny him : having a form of godliness^ 
but denying the power thereof. 

Thou, which teachest another, teachest thou 
not thyself? thou that preaqhest a man should 



142 COMPENDIUM 

not steal, dost thou steal ? thou that sayest a mau 
sh.ouki not commit adultery, dost thou commit 
adiilteiT ? thou that ahhorrest idols, dost thou 
commit sacrilege ? thou that makest thy boast of 
the law, through breaking the law dishonourest 
thou God ? 

Wiicn thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in 
the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, 
that they may be seen of men. Verily, I say 
luito yoiu They have their reward. But thou, ; 
when thou prayest, enter* into thy closet; and 
v/hen thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Fatlier, 
%vhich is in secret, and thy Father, which seeth 
in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, 
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! For ye devour widows' houses, and for 
n pretence make long prayers : therefore ye shall 
receive the great.er damnation. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one 
prose! vte : and wl]en he is made, ye make him 
tvvo Ibid more the child of hell than yourselves. 

V/oe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and 
cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters 
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these 
ouf^ht ye to have done, and not to leave the other 
undone. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup 
and of the platter, but within they are full of 
extortion and exccbS. 



^ OF THE BIBLE. 143 

Woe un<?o you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, 
which indeed appear heautiful outward, but are 
within full of dead men's bones, and of all un- 
cleanness. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! because ye build the tombs of the pro- 
phets, and garnish the sepulchres of the right- 
eous, and say. If we had been in the days of our 
ftithers, we would not have been partakers with 
them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore 
be ye witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the 
children of them which killed the prophets. 
Fill ye up the measure of your fathers. Ye 
serpents ye generation of vipers ! how can ye 
escape the damnation of hell ? 



CHAP XLV. 

IDOLATRY. 

Flee from idolatry. Turn ye not unto idols, 
nor make to yourselves molten gods : I am the 
Lord your God. 

Confounded be all they that serve graven 
images, that boast themselves of idols. 

Thou shalt no more worship the work of thine 
hands. What agreement hath the temple of 
God with idols ? 

We know that an idol is nothing in the world, 
and that there is none other God but one. We 
write unto them that tliey abstain from pollu- 
tions of idols. 

Little children, keep yourselves from idols-. 

Covetousness is idolatry. Charge them that 
.^re rich in this M'orld. tiiat thev be not \yi^^ min- 



144 COMPENDIUM 

ded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the Iiv-5 
ing God, who, giveth us richly all things to enjoy. | 

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's j 
person, neither let me give flattering titles unto 5 
man. ^ I 

They love greetings in the markets, and to 3 
be called of men. Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye 
called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even 
Christ ; and all ye are brethren. 

Ye receive honour one of another, and seek 
not the honour that cometh from God only ? 

They loved the praise of men more than the 
praise of God. Let no ^^^Wrt^tL^^ "^^^* He 
that gloiieth, let him gloi^pi^M3fcord. 

As Peter was coming iiivCornenus met him, 
and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up ; I my- 
self also am a man. 

Men shall be lovers of pleasures more than 
lovers of God. 

We preach unto you that ye should turn from 
these vanities unto the living God. 

Repent and turn yourselves from your idols. 

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul ? 

Love not the world, neither the things that are 
in the world. If any man love the world, the 
love of the Father is not in him. 

He that loveth Father or mother more than 
me, (Christ) is not worthy of me ; and he that 
loveth son or daughter more than me, is not wor- 
thy of me. 

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts 
by the Holy Ghost 

All flesh shall come to worship before me? 
saith the Lord. 



OF THE BIBLE. 145 

At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow. 
Let all the angels of God woi sliip him. 

We worship God in the Spirit. 

Jesus said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art 
careful and troubled about many things 5 but 
one thing is needful ; and Mary hath chosen 
that good part, which shall not be taken away 
from her. 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness 5 and all these things shall be 
added unto you. 

Set your affection on things above, not on 
things on the earth. 



GHAP XLVL 

IMMORTALITY, RESURRECTION, AND FUTURE 
JUDGMENT. 

There is a spirit in man : and the inspiration 
of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 

The dust shall return to the earth as it was ; 
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

God will redeem my soul from the power of 
the grave. 

Though after my skin worms destroy this 
body, yet in my flesh shafl I see God. 

If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; 
and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; 
ye are yet in your sins. 

Since by man came death by man came also 
the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all 
die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 

^Yhy should it be thought a thing incredible 
with you, that God should raise the dead ? 

Some man will sav, How are the dead raised 



146 COMPENDIUM 

up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou 
iool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, 
except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou 
sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, 
it may chance of wheat, or some other grain ; 
bat God giveth it a body, and to every seed his 
own body. All flesh is not the same flesh ; but 
there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh 
of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies ter- 
restrial ; but the glory of the celestial is one, and 
the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is 
one glory of the sun, and another glory of the 
moon, another glory of the stars : for one star 
difFereth from another star in glory. So also is 
the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in cor- 
ruption; it is raised in incorruption : it is sown 
in dishonour ; it is raised in glory ; it is sown iu 
weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a 
natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body. 

The Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of God : and the dead in 
Christ shall rise first* 

The Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father with his atigelsz and then he shall reward 
every man according fS his works. 

Many of them that sleep in the dust of the 
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and 
some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

The hour is coming in which all that are in 
the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come 
forth : they that have done good, unto the resur- 
rection of life ; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 
We sha!! all be changed in a moment, in the 



OF THE BIBLE. 147 

twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : for the 
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised 
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this 
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this 
mortal must put on immortality, then shall be 
brought to pass the saying that is written. Deiitii 
is swallowed up in \ictory. O death, where is 
thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Every man shall bear his own burden. He 
that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap 
corruption: but he that soweth to the spirit, shall 
of the spirit reap life everlasting, 

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he 
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 

Behold, he cometh with clouds : and every eye 
shall see him, and they also which pierced him : 
and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because 
of him. Even so. Amen. 

The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light; and the stars of heaven shall 
fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be 
shaken. And tj^en shall they see the Son of man 
coming in the clouds, with great power and 
glory. And then shall he send his angels, and 
shall gather together his elect from the four 
winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to 
the uttermost part of heaven. 

The day of the Lord will come as a thief in 
the night; in which the heavens shall pass away 
with a great noise, and the elements shall melt 
with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works 
that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then. 
that all these things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to he in all holy 



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conversation and godliness, looking for and hast- 
ing unto the coming of the day of God, wherein 
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, 
and tlie elements shall melt with fervent heat ? 
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look 
for new heavens, and a nev/ earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

God hath appointed a day in which he will 
judge the v/orld in righteousness. 

God shall judge the righteous and the wdcked. 
With righteousness shall he judge the world, 
and the people with equity. We shall all stand 
before the judgment seat of Christ. 

Every one of us shall give account of himself 
to God, It is a fearful thing to fall into the 
hands of the living God. 

The Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father with his angels ; and then he shall reward 
every man according to his works. 

We must all appear before the judgment seat 
of Christ 5 that every one may receive the things 
done in his body, according to that he hath done, 
whether it l>e good or bad. 

The work of a man shall God j^ender unto him, 
and cause every man to find according to his 
v/ays. ^■'' 

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not 
inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived: 
neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, 
nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with 
mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk- 
ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit 
the kingdom of God. 

Every idle wor<l that men shall speak, they 
shall give account thereof in the day of judg- 
ment. 



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He that beliveth and is baptized, shall be sav- 
ed : but he that believeth not shall be damned. 

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Iif)riu 
Have we not prophecied in thy name ? And in 
thy name have cast out devils ? And in thy nauie 
done many wonderful works ? And then will I 
profess unto them, I never knew you : depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

I saw the dead, small and great, stand before 
God : and the books were opened ; and another 
book was opened, which is the book of iife ; and 
the dead were judged out of those things which 
were written in the books, according to their 
works. And the sea gave up the dead Vvhich 
were in it; and death and hell delivered up the 
xlead which were in them : and they were judg- 
ed every man according to their works. And 
death and hell were cast into the lake o.f fire. 

When th« Son of Man shall come in his gloi y, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he 
sit upon the throne of his glory : and before him 
shall be gathered all nations ; and he shall sepa- 
rate them one from another, as a shepherd divid- 
€th his sheep fi%m the goats : and he shall set thct 
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 
Then shall the king say unto them, on his ri^ht 
hand. Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from tlie foundation of 
the world. For I was hungry, and ye gave me 
meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I 
was a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and 
ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : 
I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Tiien 
shall the righteous answer him, saying. Lord, 
when saw we thee hun2;ry? and fed thee ? or 
t!iirsH^,and gave thee drink ? When saw wc thee 



150 COMPENDIUM 

a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and 
clothed thee ? Or when saw we thee sick, or in 
prison, and came unto thee ? And the King shall 
answer and say untp them, Verily, I say unto 
you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of 
the least of these my brethren, ye have done it 
unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on 
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into 
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his 
angels : for I was hungry, and ye gave me no 
meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, 
and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and 
ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer, 
saying. Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or 
thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 
prison, and did not minister unto thee ? Then 
shall he answer them, saying. Verily, I say unto 
you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the 
least of these, ye did it not to me. And these 
shall go away into everlasting punishment : but 
the righteous into life eternal. 



CHAP. XLVII. 

INDUSTRY. 

Be not slothful in business. 

When we were with you, this we commanded 
you, that if any man would not work, neither 
should he eat. 

W^e beseech you, brethren, that ye study to do 
your own business, and to work with your own 
hands, as we commanded you. 

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of 
bread : but he that followeth aft^r vain persons 
shall haye poverty enough. 



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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with 
bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void 
of understanding. 

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy 
flocks, and look well to thy herds. 

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack 
Hand : but the hand of the diligent niaketh rich. 

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to 
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty 
only to want. 

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and 
an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; 
and through idleness of the hands the house 
droppeth through. 

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 

Love not sleep^ lest thou come to poverty ; 
open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with 
bread. Go to the ant thou sluggard ; consider 
her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, 
overseer or ruler, provideth her meat in the 
summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard.^ when 
wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little 
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the 
hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one 
that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the 
eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hatli 
nothing : but the soul of the diligent shall be 
made fat. 

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the 
cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have 
nothing. 

He that gathereth in summer is a wise 



152 COMPENDIUM 

but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that 
causeth shame. 

This was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idle- 
ness was in her, and in her daughters. 

They learn to be idle, wandering about from 
house to house ; and not only idle, but tattlers 
also, and busy bodies. 

These hands have ministered unto my neces- 
sities, and to them that were with me. I have 
shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye 
ought to support the weak. 

We behaved not ourselves disorderly among 
you ; neither did we eat any man's bread for 
nought; but wrought with labour and travail 
night and day, that we might not be chargeable 
to any of you. 

We hear that there are some which walk 
amolig you disorderly, working not at all, but 
are busy bodies. Now them that are such we 
command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that with quietness they work, and eat their 
own bread. 

Let him that stole steal no more : but rather 
let him labour, working with his hands the thing 
which is good, that he may have to give to him 
that needeth. 

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, wheth- 
er he eat little or much : but the abund^ance of 
the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 

The slothful man roasteth not that which he 
took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent 
man is precious. 

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: 
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ; but 
the slotliful shall be under tribute. A ^slothful 



OF THE BIBLE. 153 

man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not 
so much as briug it to his mouth again. 

.As the door turneth upon its hinges ; so doth 
the slothful upon his bed. 

The slothful man saith. There is a lion with- 
out, I shall be slain in the streets. 

The desire of the slothful killeth him ; for his 
hands refuse to labour. 

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge 
of thorns. 

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the 
vineyard of the man void of understanding. 
And lo. it was all grown over with thorns, and 
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the 
stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I 
saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, 
and received instruction. 

. Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul dili- 
gently. 

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments 
of the Lord your God. 

Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy 
children. 

Be diligent that ye may be found of him in 
peace, without spot, and blameless. 

We desire that every one of you do shew the 
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto 
the end : that ye be not slothful, but followers of 
them, who through faith and patience inherit the 
promises. 

I must work the works of him that sent me, 
while it is day : the night cometh, when no man 
can work. 

Whatsoever thine hand findeth to do, do it 
with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, 
nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whith- 
er thou goest. 



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CHAP. XLVIII. 

INTEGRITY. 

The integrity of the upright shall guide them. 
Let integrity and uprightness preserve thee. 

Till I die I will not remove mine integrity 
from me. My righteousness I will hold fast, and 
will not let it go : my heart shall not reproach 
me so long as I live. 

The way of the just is uprightness. The just 
man walketh in his integrity ; his children are 
blessed after him. 

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, 
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 

Better is the poor that walketh in his upright- 
ness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though 
he be rich. 

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. 

A man of understanding walketh uprightly. 
The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the 
darkness. All the upright in heart shall glory. 

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver 
them. 

The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 

The upright shall have good things in posses- 
sion. 

The Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord 
will give grace and glory; no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

The prayer of the upright is his delight. Such 
as are upright in their way are his delight. 

Let us walk honestly as in the day ; not in 
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and 
wantonness, not in strife and envying. 

I pray God that ye do no evil 5 not that we 



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should appear approved, but that ye should do 
that which is honest : having your conversation 
honest among the Gentiles : providing for honest 
things not only in the sight of the Lord, but also 
in the sight of men. 



CHAP. XLIX. 

JUSTICE AND IMPARTIALITY. 

Do justice. Blessed is the man that doeth this* 
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow. 

Exact no more than that which is appointed 
you. Render to all their dues. Owe no man 
any thing but to love one another. 

What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do 
justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with 
thy God ? 

To do justice and judgment is more accepta- 
ble to the Lord than sacrifice. 

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in weight or ia 
measure ; but thou shalt have a perfect and just 
weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou 
have. 

Just balances shall ye have. A false balance 
is abomination to the Lord ; but a just weight is 
his delight. 

Execute true judgment. Ye shall do no 
unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not 
respect the person of the poor, nor honour the 
person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt 
thou judge thy neighbour. 

If there be a controversy between men, and 
they c^me unto judgment, that the judges may 
judge ihem ; then they shall justify the righteaiii. 
and condemn the wicked. 



156 COMPENDIUM 

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that con- 
demneth the just, even they both are abomination 
to the Lord. 

It is not good to have respect of persons in 
judgment. 

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but 
ye shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye 
shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the 
judgment is God's : and the cause that is too 
hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not 
respect persons, neither take a gift : for a gift 
doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the 
words of the righteous. 

A wicked man taketh the gift out of the bosom 
to pervert the ways of judgment. The judge 
asketh for a reward. 

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept 
the persons of the wicked .^ Defend the poor 
and fatherless : do justice to the afflicted and 
needy. Deliver the poor and needy : rid them 
out of the hand of the wicked. 

The cause which I knew not I searched out.' 

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead 
the cause of the poor and needy. 

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words 
without knowledge ? 

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the poor 
in his cause : neither shalt thou speak in a cause, 
to decline after many to wrest judgment. 

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just | 
but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. 

The path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

There shall no evil happen to the jttst.^ " 



OF THE BIBLE. 157 

The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 

Blessings are upon the head of the just. The 
Lord blesseth the habitation of the just. The 
memory of the just is blessed. 

If a man be just, and do that which is lawful 
and right, and hath not oppressed any, but hath 
restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled 
none by violence, hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a gar- 
ment ; he that hath not given forth upon usury, 
that hath withdrav/n his hand from iniquity, hath 
executed true judgment between man and man, 
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my 
judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall 
surely live saith the Lord God. 

The hope of unjust men perisheth. 

I charge thee that thou observe these things 
Vv'ithout preferring one before another, doing 
nothing by partiality. 

To have respect of persons is not good. 

If there come into your assembly a man with 
a gold ring in goodly apparel, and there come in 
also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have 
respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and 
say unto him. Sit thou here in a good place; and 
say to the poor, stand thou there, or sit here 
under my footstool : are ye not then partial in 
yourselves ? Ye have despised the poor. If ye 
have respect to persons, ye commit sin. 

God will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly 
accept persons. 

The Father, without respect of persons judg- 
eth according to every man's work. In every 
nation he that feareth him, and worketh right- 
eousness, is accepted by him. 
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158 COMPENDIUM 

CHAP. L. 

KINGDOM AND CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS 
CHRIST. 

The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his 
hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, 
and shall be satisfied. 

It shall come to pass in the last days, that the 
mountain of the Lord's house shall be established 
in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted 
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto 
it. And many people shall go and say. Come 
ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 
to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will 
teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his 
paths : for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and 
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he 
shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke 
many people; and they shall beat their swords 
into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the 
leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf 
and the young lion and the fatling together ; and 
a little child shall lead them. And the cow and 
the bear shall feed : their young ones shall lie 
down together, and the lion shall eat straw like 
the ox. And the sucking child shall play on t!.e 
hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put 
his hand on the cockatrice den. They shall not 
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for 
the earth shall be full of tlie knowledge of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be 
glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice and 
blossom as the rose. 



OF THE BIBLE. 159 

Praj for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall 
prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy 
walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For 
my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now 
say, Peace be within thee. 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall 
prosper. 

I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon 
this rock I will build my church ; and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. 



CHAP. U. 

lord's supper. 

The first day of the feast of unleavened bread, 
the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, 
"Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to 
eat the passover ? And he said. Go into the 
city to such a man, and say unto him, The mas- 
ter saith, my time is at hand ; I will keep the 
passover at thy house with my disciples. And 
the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them ; 
and they made rer^dy the passover. Now when 
the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 
And as they did eat, he said, Verily, I say unto 
you, that one of you shall betray me. And they 
were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one 
of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I ? And he 
answered and said, He that dippeth his hand 
with me in the dish, tlie same shall betray me. 
The Son of man goeth, as it is written of him ; 
but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man 
is betrayed ! It had been good for that man if he 
had not been born. Then Judas, which betrayed 
him, answered, and said, Master, is it I, He said 



160 COMPENDIUM 

unto him thou hast said. And as thej were eat- 
ing, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake 
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, 
eat ; this is my body. And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink 
ye all of it ; for this is my blood of the new tes- 
tament, which is shed for many for the remission 
of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink 
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day 
when I drink it new with you in my Father's 
kingdom. And when they had sung an hymn, 
they went out into the mount of Olives. 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not 
the communion of the blood of Christ ? The 
bread which we break, is it not the communion 
of the body of Christ ? 

When ye come together into one place, this 
is not to eat the Lord^s supper. For in eating 
every one taketh before other his own supper : 
and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 
What ? have ye not houses to eat and to drink 
in ? or despise ye the church of God, and shame 
them that have not ? What shall i say to you ? 
shall I praise you in this ? I praise you not. For 
I have received of the Lord that which also I de- 
livered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same 
night in which he was betrayed took bread : and 
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, 
Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for 
you: this do in remembrance of me. After the 
same manner also lie took the cup, when he had. 
supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament 
in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in 
remembrance of me. For as often as 3^ eat this 
bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's 
death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall 



OF THE BIBLE. 161 

eat this bread, and drink this eup of the Lord, 
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood 
of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, 
and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of 
that eup. For he that eateth and drinketh un- 
worthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to him- 
self, not discerning the Lord's body, - 



CHAP. LIL 

LOVE. 

Walk in love. The Lord make you to in- 
crease and abound in love one towards another, 
and tow^ards all men^ even as, we do towards 
you. 

Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of 
God ; and every one that loveth is born of God, 
find knowoth God. He that loveth not knoweth 
not God ; for God is love. In this w^as mani- 
fested the love of God toward us, because that 
God sent his only begotten Son into the world, 
that we might live through him. Herein is love, 
not tliat Me loved God, but tliat he loved ns, 
and ^i^nt his Son to be the propitiation for our 
sins. Beloved^ if God so loved ns, we ought 
also to love one another. 

If \ve love one another, God dwellcth in us, 
and his love is perfected in us. He that dw^cl- 
h'^h In love dwrlleth in God, and God in him. 

It a itian s.iv. I love God, and hatheth Ins 
brodier, l-e is a liar: lor lie that loveth not his 
hro^i:er, v.iiom he hatli seen, how can he love 
Gitih wl'oni he hatii not seen ? 

losCo t'l'itxve ^'■a^v afier !iis conir7'>r>i:dr 



162 COMPENDIUM 

By love serve one another. Let love be with- 
out dissimulation. Love covereth all sins. 



CHAP. LIU. 

MARRIAGE. 

The Lord God formed man of the dust of the 
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath 
of life : and man became a living soul. And the 
JiOrd God said, ft is not good that the man should 
be alone : I will make him an help meet ihv \imi. 
And the Lord God caused a d^aj) sleep to fall 
upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his 
ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken irom 
man, made he a woman^ and broug-.t her unto 
the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of 
my bones, and flesh of my flesh ; she shall be 
called Woman ; because she was taken out of 
man. Therefore shall a man leave his father 
and his mother, and .shall cleave unto his wife ; 
and they shall be one flesh. 

.Jesus said unto tliem : What did Moses com- 
mand you ? And they said, Moses suSerod to 
write a bill of divorceiiient, and to put her away. 
And Jesus answered and said unto them. For 
the hardness of your heart he wrote you this 
precept : but from the beginning of the creation 
God made them male and feiuale. For this 
cause shall a man leave his father and mother 
and cleave to his v^afe : and they twain shall be 
one flesh : so tlien they are no more twain, hut 
one flesh. What therefore God hath joined to- 
gether, let no man put asunder. 
Marriage h honourable iu alL 



OF THE BIBLE. 163 

CHAP. XIV. 

MEEKNESS. 

Put them in mind to be gentle, shewing all 
meekness unto all men. 

Blessed are the meek : for thej shall inherit 
the earth. 

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is in 
the sight of God of great price. 

Seek ye the Lord all je meek of the earth, 
which iiave wrought his judgment, seek right- 
eousness* seek meekness. 

Good and upright is the Lord. The meek 
^viil he guide in judgment: and the meek will 
lie teach his wav. 

The Lord hath anointed- me to preach good 
tidings unto the mock. 

The Lord lifteth up the meek. The meek 
,^haU increase their joy in the Lord. He will 
beautify the meek with salvation. 

The meek shall eat and be satisfied. The 
meek shall delight themselves in the abundance 
of peace. 

^Vilo is a wise man and endued with knowl- 
edge among you ?Iet him shew out of a good con» 
versalion his works witii meekness of wisdom. 

Be ready always to give an answer to every 
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that 
is in you, with meekness and fear. 

CHAP. LV. 

315. RCY AND COMPASSION. 

Rlesskd are the nierciful : for they shall ob- 
■a'n me rev. 



164 COMPENDIUM 

Keep mercy. By mercy and truth iniquity is 
purged. Break oft' thine iniquities by shewing 
mercy. He that followeth after righteousness 
and mercy, findeth life, righteousness, and hon- 
our. 

Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merci- 
ful. He delighteth in mercy. It is of the 
Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. 

The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabi- 
tants of the land, because there is no truth, nor 
mercy. 

Shew^ mercy and compassions every man iu 
his brother. 

Be ye all of one mind, leaving compassion one 
of another. 

He shall have judgment without mercy, tliat 
hath shewed no mere v. 

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him, 
because that he remembered not to shev/ mercy- 

They cause the naked to lodge without cloth- 
ing, that they have no covering in thi^ colcL 
They are wet with the showers of the mountain^, 
and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 

Whoso stoppeth his ears at t!.e cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 
He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is !vc. 

The merciful man doetli good to his own scvul : 
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 

A rig!)tcous man regardeth the life of his 
i>east : but the tender mercies of tlie wicked iire 
ciuel. 

The dnrk prices of the earth are full of tlis 
hidii tat ions of cruelty. 

Dclivei* me, O iny God. out of the hand of thrc. 
wicked, out of the hand of the iinrighteGiis anS 
riii^i JiKii). 



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CHAP. LVI. 

MIRACLES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.* 

There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee : and 
the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus 
was called, and his disciples to the marriage. 
And when thej wanted wine, the mother of Jesus 
saith unto him, Thej have no wine. Jesus saith 
unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And 
thej filled them up to the brim. And he saith 
unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the 
governor of the feast. And they bare it. The 
ruler of the feast tasted the water that was made 
wine, and knew not whence it was, but the 
servants, which drew the water knew. This 
beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Gal- 
ilee, and manifested forth his glory 5 and his 
disciples believed on him. 

The nobleman, whose son was sick at Caper- 
naum, saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my 
child die. Jesus saith unto him. Go thy w^ay ; 
thy son liveth. And the man believed the word 
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his 
way. And as he was now going down, his ser- 
vants met him 5 and told him, saying. Thy son 
liveth. This is the second miracle that Jesus 
did, when he was come out of Judeainto Galilee, 

A certain man was there, (at Jerusalem^ by 
the pool of Bethesda) w^hich had an infirmity, 
thirty and eiglit years. When Jesus saw him 
lie, and knew that ]je had been now a long time 
in that case, he saith unto him, wilt thou be made 
whole ,^ The impotent man answered him, Sir, 
I have no man, when the water is troubled, to 

* Jtrranged in the order in which they are 
helieved to have been ivr ought. 



1G6 COMPENDIUM 

put me into the pool : but while I am coming, 
another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith 
unto him. Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And 
immediately the man was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked. 

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. Before Abraham was, 1 am. Then took 
they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus hid 
himself, and went out of the temple, (at Jevnsa- 
lem) going through the midst of tiiem, and so 
passed by. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a 
man which was blind from his birt;i. He spat 
on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and 
he anointed the eyes of the blind man \vith the 
clay. And said unto him. Go, wash in the pool 
of Siloam, (which is, by interpretation, Sent.) 
He went his way, tlierefore, and washed, and 
came seeing. 

There was in their synagogue (at Cajiernaiim) 
a man with an unclean spirit ; and he cried out. 
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, 
and come out of him. And when the unclean 
spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, 
he came out of him. And they were all amazed. 

Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. 
And he came, and took her by the hand, and 
lifted her up ; and immediately the fever left her, 
and she ministered unto them. 

They brought unto him all that were diseased, 
and them that were possessed with devils. And 
he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, 
and cast out many devils. 

Jesus went about all Galilee, healin?: all man- 
ner of sickness, and all manner of disease, among 
the people. And his fame went throughout all 
Syria : and they Brought unto him all sick people 
that were taken with divers diseases and tor- 



OF THE BIBLE. 167 

ments, and those which were possessed with 
devilsy and those which were lunatick, and 
those that had the paisy ; and he healed them. 

There came a leper and worshipped him, say- 
ing, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, 
saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately 
his leprosy was cleansed. 

When Jesus was entered into Capernaum, 
there came unto him a centurion, beseeching 
him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home 
sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And 
Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way 5 and 
as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. 
And his servant was healed in the self-same 
hour. 

When he came nigi) to the gate of the city 
{of t^^ain) behold there was a dead man carried 
out, the only son of his mother, and she was a 
widow: and much people of the city was with 
her. And when the Lord saw her, he had com- 
passion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 
And he came, and touched the bier : and they 
that bare him, stood still. And he said, Young 
man, f say unto thee. Arise. And he that was 
dead, sat up, and began to speak. 

When he was entered into a ship, his disci- 
ples followed him. And,behold5 there arose a 
great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship 
was covered with the waves : but he was asleep. 
And his disciples came to him,a,nd awoke him, 
sayin,<:. Lord, save us : we peris!!. And he saith 
unto them. Why are ye fearfal, ye of little 
faith ? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds 
air' tne c-^ea ; and there was a great calm. 

.te was come out of the ship, immediate- 
et him out of the tombs, a man with an 



168 COMPENDIUM 

unclean spirit, whx) had his dwelling among the 
tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, not v^Ah 
chains. He sitid unto him, Come out of the man, 
thou unclean spirit. And he asked !iim, What 
is thy name ? And he answered, saying, Mj 
name is legion : for we are many. And the 
unclean spirits went out. 

He entered into Capernaum. And they come 
unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy. He 
saith to the sick of the palsy, I say unto thee. 
Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into 
thine house. And immediately he arose, took 
up the bed, and went forth before them ail. 

A certain woman, which had an issue of blood 
twelve years, and had suffered many things of 
many physicians, and had spent all that she had, 
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse : 
when she had heard of Jesus, came in the preset 
behind, and touched his garment : for she said, 
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 
And straightway the fountain of her blood was 
dried up ; and she felt in her body that she was 
healed of that plague. And he said unto her^ 
Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole : go in 
peace, and be wliole of thy plague. 

There came from the ruler of the synagogue''^ 
house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead ; 
-why troublest thou the master any further ? As 
soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken^ 
he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not 
afraid, only believe. And he took the damsel 
by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha-cumi ; 
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, ? (I say unt ^ 
thee) ari^e. And straightway the damsel arose» 
and walked. 

Two blind men followed him, crying, and 



OF THE BIBLE. 169 

saying, thou son of David, have mercy on us. 
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According 
to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes 
"were opened. 

They brought to him a dumb man possessed 
with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, 
the dumb spake ; and the multitudes marvelled. 

As he entered into a certain village, there 
met him ten men that were lepers, which stood 
afar off: and they lifted up their voices and said, 
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And, when 
he saw them, he said unto them. Go, shew your- 
selves unto the priests. And it came to pass, 
that, as they went, they were cleansed. 

Jesus, groaning in himself, cometh to the grave 
{of Lazarus). Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, 
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me : 
and I knew that thou hearest me always : but 
because of the people which stand by, I said it, 
that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 
And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a 
loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that 
was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with 
grave clothes : and his face was bound about with 
a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, 
and let him go. 

There was a man (in the synagogue) which 
had his hand withered. He saith to the man, 
Stretch forth thine hand. ^^^ he stretched it 
forth ; and it was restored whole, like as the 
other. 

Then was brought unto him one possessed with 
a devil, blind and dumb ; and he healed him, 
insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake 
and saw. And all the people were amazed. 

Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude* 
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170 COMPENDIUM 

and was moved with compassion towards them, 
and he healed their sick. And he commanded 
the multitude to sit down on the grasSj and 
took the five loaves and the two fishes, and 
looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and 
gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples 
to the multitude. And thej did all eat, and 
were filled : and they took up of the fragments 
that remained, twelve baskets full. An% they 
that had eaten, were about five thousand men, 
beside women and children. 

The ship was in the midst of the sea, tossed 
with waves ; for the wind was contrary. And 
in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto 
them, walking on the sea. And when Peter wa§ 
come down out of the ship, he walked on the 
water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid ; and, beginning to sink, 
he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And imme- 
diately Jesus stretched forth his hand^ and 
caught him, and said unto him, thou of little 
faith ! wherefore didst thou doubt .^ And when 
they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 
Then they that were in the ship came and wor- 
shipped him, saying. Of a truth thou art the Son 
of God. 

When the men of that place (Grewwessar^f) had 
knowledge of him, they sent out into all that 
country round about, and brought Unto him ail 
that were diseased : and besought him that they 
might only touch the hem of his garment: and 
as many as touched were made perfectly whole. 

A certain woman, whose young daughter had 
an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and 
fell at his feet. And she besouglit h\m that he 
vrould cast forth the devil out ot her daiidu^r. 



OF THE BIBLE. 171 

x\nd he Raid unto her, Go thy way ; the devil 
h^s gone out of thy daughter. And when she 
was come to her house, she found the devil gone 
out. 

They bring unto him one that was deaf, and 
had an impediment in his speech ; and they be- 
seech him to put his hand upon him. And he 
took him aside from the multitude, and put his 
fingers into his ears ; and he spit, and touched 
his tongue; and, looking up to heaven, he sighed, 
and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is. Be open- 
ed. And straightway his ears were opened, and 
the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake 
plain. 

Great multitudes came unto him, having with 
them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maim^ 
ed ; and many others, and cast them down at 
Jesus' feet, and he healed them. 

Jesus saith unto theni, How many loaves have 
ye ? And they said, Seven, and a few little 
fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit 
down on the ground. And he took the seven 
loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake 
them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples 
lo the multitude. And they did all eat, and were 
filled : and they took up of the broken meat 
that was left, seven baskets full. And they that 
did eat were four thousand men, beside women 
and children. 

He comcth to Bethsaida; and they bring a 
blind man unto him, and besought him to touch 
him. And he took the blind man by the hand, 
and led him out of the town ; and when he had 
spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he 
asked him if he saw aught? And he looked up, 
and said, 1 see men a^ trees walking. After that 



17£ COMPENDIUM 

lie put his hands again upon his eyes, and made 
him look up : and he was restored and saw every 
man clearly. 

There came to him a certain man, kneeling 
* down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on 
my son ; for he is lunatick, and sore vexed : for 
oft-times be falleth into the fire, and oft into the 
water. And Jesus rebuked- the devil, and he 
departed out of him : and the child was cured 
from that very hour. 

Jesus saith unto him, (Peter) lest we should 
offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, 
and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and, 
when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt 
find a piece of money : that take, and give unto 
them for me and thee. 

Jesus said unto him, (Bartimeus) What wilt 
thou that I should do unto tbee ? The blind man 
said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my 
sight. And Jesus said unto him. Go thy way ; 
thy faith hath made thee whole. And immedi- 
ately he received his sight. 

The blind and the lame came to him in the 
temple (at Jerusalem) ; and he healed them. 

He went out of the city into Bethany ; and he 
lodged there. Now in the morning, as he re- 
turned into the city, he hungered. And when 
he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and 
found nothing thereon, but leaves only ; and said 
unto it. Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward 
for ever. And presently the fig-tree withered 
away. And when the disciples saw it, they mar- 
velled, saying, How soon is the fig-tree withered 
away ! 

Behold, a multitude, and he that was called 
Judas, one of the twelve, went before theiri, and 



OF THE BIBLE. irs 

drew near unto Jesus, to kiss him. But Jesus 
said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of 
man with a kiss ? When they which were about 
him, saw what w ould follow, they said unto him, 
Lord, shall we smite with the sword ? And one 
^f them smote the servant of the high priest, and 
cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered, and 
said, Suffer ye thus far. And he jtouched his 
ear, and healed him. 



CHAP. LVII. 

NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESU3 CHRIST» 

The Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Be- 
hold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and 
shall call his name Immanuel. 

The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise ^ 
w lien as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, 
before they came together, she was found with 
child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her hus- 
band, being a just man, and not willing to make 
her a public example, was minded to put her 
away privrij. But while he tliought on these 
things, behold, the angel of tl)e Lord appeaired 
unto him in a dream, sayinjj;, Joseph, thou son of 
David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wnfe ; 
for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. And vshe shall bring forth a son, and 
thou shalt call his name JESUS i for lie shall 
8ave his people from their sins. (Now all this 
was don^, UkiC it might be fulfilled which was 
poken of iiic Lord, by the prophet, sayi?)g, Be- 
iiold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring 
forth a son, and they shall call his name Em- 
lauue!. v/iiich being interpreted is God with us.) 
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174 COMPENDIUM 

Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the 
angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto 
him his wife; and knew her not till she had 
brought forth her first born son : and he called 
his name JESUS. 



CHAP. LVIII. 

ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN, SIN, THE FALL, AND 
DEATH. 

God created man in his own image ; in the 
image of God created he him : male and female 
created he them. And God blessed them. 

God hath made man upright ; but they have 
sought out many inventions. 

Man being in honour abideth not. 

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in 
Eden : and there he put the man whom he had 
formed. And out of the ground made the Lord 
God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the 
sight ; and good for food : the tree of life also in 
iyie midst of the garden, and the tree of knowK 
edge of good and evil. And the Lord God took 
the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, 
to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God 
commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the 
garden thou mayest freely eat ; but of the tree 
of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not 
eat of it ; for in the day thou eatest thereof thou 
shalt surely die. For Adam th^e was not found 
an help meet for him. And the Lord God made 
a woman, and brought her unto the mar^. And 
Adam called his wife's name Eve ; becOTse she 
w^as the mother of all living. 

Now the serpent was more subtle than any 



OF THE BIBLE. 17:) 

beast of the field which the Lord God had made. 
And he said unto the woman, yea, hath God said. 
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? 
And the woman said unto the serpent, \Ye may 
eat of the fruit of the trees of tlie garden : but of 
the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the 
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, 
neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the 
serpent said unto the woman. Ye shall not surely 
die ; for God doth know, that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened ; and ye 
shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. And 
when the woman saw that the tree was good for 
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and 
a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also 
unto her husband with her, and he did eat. And 
the eyes of them both were opened, and they 
knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig- 
leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walk- 
ing in the garden in the cool of the day : and 
Adam and his wife hid themselves from tiie pre- 
sence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the 
garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam 
and said unto him. Where art thou ? And he 
said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and 1 was 
afraid because 1 was naked and I hid myself. 
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast nak- 
ed ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com- 
manded thee that thou shouldest not eat r And 
the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to 
be with me, she gave me of the tree and I did 
eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, 
What is this that thou hast done ? And the wo- 
man said, The serpent beguiled fi^e, and I did 



176 COMPENDIUM 

eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed 
above all cattle, and above every beast of the 
iield ; ii}wn thy belly shalt thou go, and dust 
shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. And I vi^ill 
put enmity between thee and the woman, and 
between thy seed and her seed : it shall bruise 
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto 
the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy 
so? row and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt 
bring forth childen; and thy desire shall be to 
thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And 
unto Adam he said, Because thou hast barkened 
unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the 
tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou 
shalt not eat of it ; cursed is the ground for thy 
sake : in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days 
of thy life. TJiorns also and thistles shall it bring 
forth to thee : and thou §halteat the herb of the 
field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 
bread till thou return unto the ground ; for out 
of it wast thou taken j for dust thou art, and un- 
to dust shalt thou return. 

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is 
become as one of us to know good and evil. 
And now lest he put forth his hand, and take 
also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever ; 
thei efore the Lord God sent him forth from the 
garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence 
he was taken. So he drove out the man : and 
h*' placed at the east of the garden of Eden, 
pheruhir.is, and a flaming sword w^hich turne^i 
^every way, to keep the wa}^ of the tree of life, 

Bj ouin crsme death. In Adam all die. The 
>vages of sin is death. As by one man sin en- 
ii:^is:d iuto the worldj a^ml death by sin ; end so 



OF THE BIBLE. 177 

death passed upon all men, for that all have 
sinned. 

All have sinned, and come short of the glory 
of God. 

The scripture hath concluded all under sin, 
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might 
be given to them that believe. 



CHAP. LIX. 

PARABLES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.^ 

Jesus spake many things unto them in para- 
bles, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; 
and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way 
side, and the fowls came and devoured them up : 
some fell upon stony places, where they had not 
much earth : and forth Vvith they sprung up be- 
cause they had no deepness of eartli : and when 
the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because 
they had not root, they withered away. And 
some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung 
up and choked them. But other fell into good 
ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hun- 
dred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold. 
Hear ye the parable of the sower When any 
one heareth the word of the kingdom, and un- 
derstandeth it not, then cometh the w icked one, 
and catcheth away that which was sov/n in his 
heart. This is he w^hich received seed by the 
way side. But he that received the seed into 
stony places, the same is he that heareth the 
word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath 

* Jl selection. For some of the other Parables^ 
Seepages 56, 92, 140. « 



178 COMPENDIUM 

he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for 
when tribulation or persecution ariseth because 
of the word, by and by he is offended. He also 
that received seed among the thorns, is he that 
lieareth the word ; and the care of the world, and 
the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and 
he becometh unfruitful. But he that received 
seed into the good ground, is he that heareth the 
\vord and understandeth it : which also beareth 
fruit, and bringeth forth some an hundred fold, 
soine sixty, some thirty. 

Another parable put he forth unto them, say- 
ing, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a 
man which sowed good seed in his field : but 
while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares 
among the wheat, and went his way. But when 
the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, 
then appeared the tares also. So the servants 
of the householder came and said unto him. 
Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field ? 
from whence then bath it tares ? He said unto 
them, aa enemy hath done this. The servants 
said unto him wilt thou then that we go m^ 
^-ather tiiem up. But he said. Nay ; lest while 
\ e gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat 
\\'\t]\ them. Let both grow together until the 
harvest ; and in the time of harvest I will say to 
tlie reapers. Gather ye together first the tares, 
and bind them in bundles to burn them : but 
gather the wheat into my barn. He that sowetU 
the good seed, is the Son of man ; the field is 
the world; the good seed are the children of 
the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of 
the wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; 
and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the 



OP THE BIBLE. ir9 

tares are gathered and burned in the fire ; so 
shall it be in the end of this world- The Son of 
man shall send forth his angels, and they shall 
gather out of his kingdom all things tlsat offend, 
and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them 
into a furnace of fire 5 there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
father. 

Hear another parable ; There was a certain 
householder which planted a vineyard, and hedg- 
ed it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, 
and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, 
and went into a far country. And when the 
time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants 
to the husbandmen, that they might receive the 
fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his ser- 
vants, and beat one, and killed another, and ston- 
ed another. Again he sent other servants more 
tlian the first : and they did unto them likewise. 
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying. 
They will reverence my son. But when the 
husbandmen saw the son, they said among them- 
selves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, 
and let us seize on his inheritance. And they 
caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, 
and slew him. When the lord, therefore, of the 
vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those hus» 
bandmen ? They say unto him, He will misera- 
bly destroy those wacked men, and will let out 
his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall 
render him the fruits in their seasons. 

A certain man had two sons : and the younger 
of them said to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of goods tluit falleth to me. And he di- 
vided unto them his living. And not many davs 



180 COMPENDIUM 

after, the younger son gathered all togetlier, and 
took his journey into a far country, and there 
wasted his substance with riotous living. And 
when he had spent all, there arose a mighty fa- 
mine in that land ; and he began to be in want. 
And he went, and joined himself to a citizen of 
that country ; and he sent him into his fields to 
feed swine. And he would fain have filled his 
belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and 
no man gave unto him. And when he came to 
himself, he said. How many hired servants of 
my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and 
I perish with hunger ! I will arise, and go to my 
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sin- 
ned against heaven and before thee, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and 
came to his father. But when he was yet a great 
way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, 
and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 
And the son said unto him. Father, I have sin- 
ned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son. But the fa- 
ther said to his servants, bring forth the best 
robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his 
hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring hither 
the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and 
be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive 
again ; he was lost and is found. And they be- 
gan to be merry. Now, his elder son was in the 
field : and as he came, and drew nigh to the 
house, he heard musick and dancing. And he 
called one of the servants, and asked what these 
things meant. And he said unto him. Thy bro- 
ther is come ; and thy father hath killed the fat- 
ted calf, because he hath received him safe and 



OF THE BIBLE. 181 

sound. And he was angry, and would not go 
in : therefore came his father out, and entreated 
him. And he, answering, said to his father, L05 
these many years do I serve thee, neither trans- 
gressed I at any time thy commandment ; and 
yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make 
merry with my friends ; but as soon as this thy 
son was come, which hath devoured thy living 
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted 
calf. And he said unto him. Son, thou art ever 
with me, and all that I have is thine. It was 
meet that we should make merry, and be glad : 
for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; 
and was lost, and is found. 



CHAP. LX. 

PATIENCE. 

Be patient towards all men. In your patience 
possess ye your souls. 

The patient in spirit is better than the proud 
in spirit* 

Be patient in tribulation. Tribulation work- 
eth patience ; and patience experience ; and ex- 
perience hope: and hope maketh not ashamed. 

If we hope for that we see not, then do we 
with patience wait for it. 

What glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for 
your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? But if 
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 

Ye have need of pfitience, that, after ye 
have done the will of God, ye might receive the 
promise. 

Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the 
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182 ; COMPENDIUM 

Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the 
precious fruit of the earth, and hath longpatience 
for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 
Be ye also patient ; stablish your hearts ; forihe 
coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 

Take my brethren, the prophets, who have 
spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example 
of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, 
we count them happy which endure. Ye have 
lieard of the patience of Job, and have seen the 
end of the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful,^ 
and of tender mercy. 

Seeing v/e are compassed about with so great 
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, 
and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let 
us run with patience the race set before us : look- 
ing unto Jesus the author and finisher of our 
faith ; who for the joy that was set before him 
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set 
down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
For consider him that endured such contradic- 
tion of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied 
and faint in your minds. 

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into 
divers temptations ; knowing that the trying of 
your faith vvorketh patience : but let patience 
have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect 
and entire, wanting nothing. 



CHAP. LXI. 

PEACE. 

Love peace. Seek peace, and pursue it. 
If it be possible, as much as licth in you, live 
peaceably with all mea. 



OF THE BIBLE. 183 

God IS not the author of contusion, but of 
peace, as in all the churches of the saints. J^ive 
in peace, and the God of love aud peace shall be 
with you. 

To the counsellors of peace is joj. 

Blessed are the peace makers : for thej shall 
be called the children of God. 
. Can two walk together, except they be agreed f 
See that ye fall not out by the way. 

Mark them which cause d^:'isions. 

Every kingdom divided^ against itself is 
broug'.t to desolation ; and every city or house 
divided against itself shall not stand. 

Avoid contentions. Leave off contention. 

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to 
fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 

A wrathful man stirreth up strife : but he that 
is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 

Strive not with a man without cause, if he 
have done thee no harm. 

Hatred stirreth up strifes. A wicked man de - 
viseth mischief continually ; he soweth discord. 

We beseech you, brethren, that ye simly to 
be quiet. 

Be of the same mind one tov/ar ds anotlier. 
Have peace one with another; and warn i\\cm 
th'\t ai-e unruly. 

Follow peace with all men. Let us follow 
after the things which make for peoce. 

I am for peace; but when I speak, thev arc 
for war. 

From V. hence come wars and fighting^^ nmontr 
you t come they not frora hence, even of vour 
lusts ? 

Every battle of the warrior is vvith confused 
noise, and garments rolled in blood. 



184 COMPENDIUM 

Scatter thou the people that delight in war. 

To be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

God hath called us to peace. When he giveth 
quietness, who then can make trouble ? 

When a man's ways please the Lord, he mak- 
eth even his enemies to be at peace with him. 

Acquaint now thyself with the Almighty, and 
be at peace : thereby good shall come unto thee. 

Great peace have they which love thy law. 

The peace of God, which passeth all under- 
standing, shall keep jour hearts and minds 
through Christ Jesus. Let the peace of God 
rule in your hearts. 

Peace I (Jesus) leave with you, my peace I 
give unto you. 

The fruit of the Spirit is peace. 

The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of 
them that make peace. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the up- 
right, for the end of that man is peace. 

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 



CHAP. LXIL 

PERSEVERANCE. 

Be not weary in well-doing. No man having 
put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is 
lit for the kingdom of God. 

Let us fear, lest, a promise being left us of en,- 
tering into his rest, any of you should seem to 
coo^e short of it. 

Beloved, beware lest ye also, being led away 
w;ith the error of the wicked, fall from your own 
steadfastness. 

Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed 
lest he fall. 



I 



OF THE BIBLE. IBJ 

Look to yourselves^ that we lose not those 
tliingji which we have wrought. 

I keep under my body, ajid bring it into sub- 
jection ; lest that by any means, when I Iiave 
preached to others, I myself should be a casta- 
way. 

Forgetting those things which are behind, and 
reaching forth unto those things which are be- 
forCj 1 press toward the mark for the prize of 
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

It is impossible for those who were once en- 
lightened, and have tasted of the heavenly^ifr, 
and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and 
have tasted the good word of God, and the pow 
«rs of the world to come, if they shall fail awav, 
to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing 
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, 
and put him to an open shame. 

If after they have escaped the poliulions of tlve 
world through the knowledge of the Lord antl 
Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again ent^n;:i;]e'i 
therein, and overcome, the latter end is woisc 
with them than the beginnln;^. For it had been 
better for them not to have known the way of 
righteousness, than, after they have known it, 
to turn from the holy commandment deli^eied 
unto them. 

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : 
for when he is tried, he sliaU receive tlie crown 
of life which the Lord hath promised to them 
that love him. 

We are made partakers of Chnst, if we hold 
the be^nning of our confidence steadfast uoto 
the end. 

He that endureth to the end shall he s^ved. 

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in 
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186 COMPENDIUM 

the temple of my God, and he shall go no more 
out. 

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; 

and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of 

the tree of life, which is in the midst of the 

paradise of God. 

If any man draw back^ my soul shall have no 
pleasure in him. But we are not of them who 
draw back unto perdition ; but of them that be- 
lieve to the saving of the soul. 

The righteous shall hold on his way, and he 
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and 
stronger. The righteous shall never be remov- 
ed. The Law of his God is in his heart 5 none 
of his steps shall slide. 

The Lord will not forsake his people. He will 
keep the feet of his saints. 

The Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not 
his saints ; they are preserved for ever. 

This God is o\iv God for ever and ever ; he 
will be our guide even unto death. Thou shalt 
guide me with thy council, and afterward receive 
me to glory. 

They go from strength to strength, every one 
of them in Zion appeareth before God. 

The}^ that trust in the Lord shall be as mount 
Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for 
ever. 

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth 
me. 

Fear thou not ; for I am with thee : be not 
dismayed; Fori am thy God. I will strength- 
en thee ; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will up- 
hold thee with the right hand of my righteous- 
ness. 



OF THE BIBLE. 187 

'i'he mountains shall depart, and the hi!ls be 
removed : but my kindness shall not depart from 
thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be 
removed, saith the Lord that hath mercv on thee* 
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; 
and great shall be the peace of thy children. In 
righteousness shalt thou be established : thou 
shalt be far from oppression ; for thou shalt not 
fear : and from terror ; for it shall not come 
near thee. No weapon that is formed against 
thee shall prosper ; and every tongue that shall 
rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt con- 
demn. This is the ijeritage of the servants of 
the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith 
the Lord. 

Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an ever- 
lasting salvation ; ye shall not be ashamed nor 
confounded world without end. 

\Vbosoever driuketh of the water that I shall 
(2;ive him. shall never thirst ; but the water that 
I shall give iiim shall be in him a w^ell of water 
springing up into everlasting life. I am the liv- 
ing bread which came down from heaven. If any 
man eat of this bread, he shall live forever. 

Because I live, ye shall live also. 

Havingloved his ow^n which were in the world, 
he loved them unto the end. 

They shall not depart from rae. 

All that the Father giveth me shall come to 
me : and hinr that cometh to me I will in no 
wise cast out. 

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and 
they follow me : and I give unto them eternal 
life; arid they shall never perish, neither shall 
any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, 
which gave them me, is greater than all^-and' 



188 COMPENDIUM 

no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's 
hand. • 

Sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye 
are not under the law, but under grace. 

Ye come behind in no gift | waiting for the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall also 
confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blame- 
less in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God 
is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fel- 
lowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be 
tempted above that ye are able ; but will with 
the temptation also make a way to escape, that 
ye may be able to bear it. 

All things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apol- 
los, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or 
things present, or things to come ; all are yours. 

Being confident of this very thing, that he 
which hath begun a good work in you, will per- 
form it until the day of Jesus Christ. 

God, willing more abundantly to shew unto 
the heirs of promise the immutability of his 
council, confirmed it by an oath ; That by two 
immutable things, in which it was impossible lor 
God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, 
v/ho have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope 
set before us* Which hope we have as an anchor 
of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which 
entereth into that within the veiL 

He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor for- 
sake thee. So that we may boldly say. The Lord 
is my helper, and I Avill not fear what man shall 
do urito me. 

The anointing which ye have received of him 
abideth in you. 

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit 



OF THE BIBLE. 189 

sin, for his seed remaineth in him : and he caQ- 
not sin, because he is born of God* 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant 
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
dead ; to an inheritance incorruptible, and un* 
defiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in 
heaven for you ; who are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation ready to be 
revealed in the last time. 

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? 
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or 
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword ? As it 
is written. For thy sake are we killed all the day 
long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaugh- 
ter. Nay, in all these things we are more than 
conquerors through him that loved us. For I 
am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor 
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor 
depth, nor any otiier creature, shall be able to 
separate us from the love of God, which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord, 



CHAP. LXIIL 

POLITENESS. 

Be courteous: in honour preferring one another. 

We that are strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his 
good, to edification. For even Christ pleased 
not himself. 

Abraham bowed down himsdf before the peo- 
ple of the land. 



190 COMPENDIUM 

Jacob passed over before them, and bowed 
himself to the ground. 

The king (Solomon) rose up to meet her, (his 
mother) and bowed himself ujito her, and sat 
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set 
for the king^s mother 5 and she sat on his right 
hand. 

I am not mad, (said Paul) most noble Festus ; 
but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 

(God threatened it as an evil] that the child 
shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, 
and the base against the honourable. 

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and 
honour the face of the old man 

Days should speak, and multitude of years 
should teach wisdom. 

If ye salute your brethren only, what do ye 
more than others .^ 

When ye come into an housf . s.ilute it. 

When thou art bidden of any man to a w^ed- 
ding, sit not down in the highest room. 

Honour ajl men. Greet ye one another with 
a kiss of charity. 

We were gentle among you. 

A soft answer turneth away wrath* A word 
fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of 
silver. 

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious. 

Let your speech be ahvays with grace. 

Evil communications corrupt good manners. 



CHAP. LXIV. 

PRAYER. 

Pray always. Let us lift up our heart with 
our hands unto God in the heavens. O come let 



OF THE BIBLE. 191 

us worship and bow down : let us kneel before 
. the Lord our maker. 

Bless ye the Lord : praying in the Holy 
Ghost : giving thanks always for all things ivnto 
God and the Father, in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

Pray without ceasing. Confess your faults one 
to another, and jpray for one another, that ye may 
be healed. 

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine 
heart be hasty to utter any thing before God. 

Evening, and morning.and at noon, will I pray. 

The Lord heareth the prayer of the righteous. 
The eiFeciual fervent prayer of a righteous man 
availeth mucli. 

We give thanks to God always for you all, 
making mention of you in our prayers. 

Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go 
J unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend,, 
lend me three loaves ; for a friend of mine in his 
journey is come to me, and 1 have nothing to set 
before him ? And he from within shall answer 
and say. Trouble me not : the door is now shut, 
and my children are with me in bed ; I cannot 
rise and give thee. I say unto you. Though he 
will not rise and give him, because he is his 
friend : yet^ because of his importunity, he will 
rise and give him as much as he needeth. And 
I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you ; 
seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. For every one that asketh, 
receiveth ; and he that seeketh, findeth ; and to 
him that knocketh,it shall be opened. If a sou 
shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, 
will he give him a stone ? or, if he ask a Ssh, 
will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or, if he 



19£ COMPENDIUM 

shall asJc an egg, Mali he offer him a scorpion ? If 
ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
to your children; how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them 
that ask him. 

When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any; that your Father also whicli 
is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 

Let thy words be few. When ye pray, use 
not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they 
think that they shall be heard for their much 
speaking. Be not ye, therefore, like unto them : 
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need 
of, before ye ask him. After this manner, there- 
fore, pray ye : Our Father which art in heaven ; 
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive 
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And 
lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from 
evil ; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever. Amen, 



CHAP. LXV. 

PROFANITY, PERJURY, AND BLASPHEMY. 

Bless and curse not. Because of swearing 
the land mourneth. 

Swear not at all ; neither by heaven ; for it is 
God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his 
foot&tool ; neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the 
city of the great king : neither shalt thou swear 
by tby head, because thou canst not make oiif* 



OF THE BIBLE. 193 

hair white or black ; but let your communication 
be. Yea, yea ; Nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more 
than these cometh of evil. 

Above all things, my brethren, swear not; 
neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither 
by any other oath : but let your yea be yea ; and 
your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. 

Ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither 
shalt thou profane the name of thy God. 

Love no false oath : neither accuse any falsely. 

Their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 

Put not thine hand with the wicked to be an 
unrighteous witness. An ungodly witness 
scorneth judgment. 

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false 
witness will utter lies. 

A true witness delivereth souls : but a deceit- 
ful witness speaketh lies. 

A man that beareth false witness is a maul, 
and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 

A false witness shall not be unpunished. A 
false witness shall perish. 

I will be a swift witness against false swear- 
ers, saith the Lord of hosts. 

My confusion is continually before me, and 
the shame of my face hath covered me, for the 
voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth. 

My name, saith the Lord, continually every 
day is blasphemed. 

AH sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, 
and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall 
blaspheme ; but he that shall blaspheme against 
i]\e Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in 
danger of eternal damnation. 

All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be 
fo]i;i veil liiito men : but the blasphemy against 
IT 



194 COMPENDIUM 

the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
And whosoever speaketh a word against the 
Son of man, it shall be forgiven him ; but whoso- 
ever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall 
not be forgiven him, neither in this world neith- 
er in the world to come. 



CHAP, LXVI. 

PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. 

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the 
day of adversity consider. 

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep 
with them that w^eep. 

It is good and comely for one to eat and to 
drink, and .to enjoy the good of all his labour 
that he taketh under the sun all the days of his 
life, w^hich God giveth him : for it is his portion. 
Every man also to whom God hath given riches 
and wealth, and hath given him power to eat 
thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice 
in his labour ; this is the gift of God. 

The prosperity of fools Bhall destroy them. 

When the wicked spring as the grass, and 
when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it 
is that they shall be destroyed for ever. 

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy 
strength is small. 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for 
righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom 
of heaven. 

If any man suffer as a Christian, let*him not 
be ashamed 5 but let him glorify God on this 
behalf. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you. 



OF THE BIBLE. 195 

and persecute you, and shall say all manner of 
evil against you falsely, for my sake. 

Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall 
be comforted. 

It is better to go to the house of mourning, 
than to the house of feasting : for that is the end 
of all men ; and the living will lay it to his 
heart. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by 
the sadness of the countenance the heart is 
made better. 

Affliction cometh not forth of tlie dust, neither 
doth trouble spring out of the ground. 

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O 
Lord, and teachest him out of thy law ; that thou 
mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, 
until the pit be digged for the wicked. 

Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as 
a father the son in whom he delighteth. 

Ye have forgotten the exhortation, which 
speaketh unto you as unto children. My son, 
despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor 
faint when thou art rebuked ot him : for whom 
the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth 
every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure 
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons : 
for what son is he whom the father chasteneth 
not ? We have had fathers of our flesh, which 
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: 
shall we not much rather be in subjection unto 
the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily 
for a few days chastened us after their own 
pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might be 
partakers of his holiness. Now, no chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joyous, but griev- 
ous : nevertheless afterward, it yieldeth the 
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which 
are exercised thereby. 



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196 COMPENDIUM 

Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for 
the faithful fail from among the children of men.l 

David said unto his servants, is the child 
dead ? And they said. He is dead. Then David 
arose from the earth, and washed and anointed 
himself, and changed his apparel, and came into 
the house of the Lord, and worshipped : then he 
came to liis own house ; and when he required , 
they set bread before him, and he did eat. 

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, 
and mine acquaintance into darkness. 

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Be still, and know that I am God. 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, 
and that thou in faithliilness hast afflicted me. 
Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now 
have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I 
have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy sta- 
tutes. 

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon 
which thou hast caused me to hope. This is n^y 
comfort in my affliction : for thy w^ord hath 
quickened me. 

In the multitude of my thoughts within me 
thj comforts delight my soul. 

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation 
not to be repented of ; but the sorrow of the 
world worketh death. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous ; 
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 
The Lord will l»ave mercy upon his afflicted. 

When thy judgments are in the earth, the in- 
habitants of the world will learn righteousness. 

He doth not afflict wiJHngly, nor grieve the 
children of men. 



OF THE BIBLE. 197 

Let them that suffer according to the will of 
God, commit the keeping of their souls to him 
in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator, 

The iust shall come out of trouble. 1 he right- 
eous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth 
them out of all their troubles. The salvation of 
the righteous is of the Lord 5 he is their strength 
in time of trouble. 

Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray. 

Quicken me,'0 Lord, for thy name's sake for 
thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out ot 

trouble. , , mi i • 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : 

i will be with him in trouble. . . , , , 

Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help 

i)f man. ,. , ^ j xu 

When they in their trouble did turn unto the 
Lord God of Israel, and sought him^ he was 
'found of them. 

The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a 
refuge in times of trouble. God is my refuge and 
streno-th. a very present help in trouble. In the 
time Sf trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. 
He maketh sore and bindeth up : he woundeth, 
and his hands make whole. 

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God 
m all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our 
tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them 
which are in any trouble, by the comfort where- 
with we ourselves are comforted of God. 

In the world ye shall have tribulation : but 
be of ^ood cheer; I have overcome the world. 

We must throu'ih much tribulation enter into 
' e kingdom of God. 

O'jr lirht afdiction which is but for a moment, 



198 COMPENDIUM 

worketli for us a far more exceeding and eternal 
weight of glory : while we look not at the things 
which are seen, but at the things which are not 
seen : for the things which are seen are tempo- 
ral ; but the things which are not seen are eter- 
nal. For we know if our earthly house of this 
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of 
God, an house not made with hands, eternal in 
the heavens. 



CHAP. LXVII. 

PRUDENCE. 

See that ye walk circumspectly. 

The wise in heart shall be called prudentc 
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his 
way. 

ife that hath knowledge spareth his words. A 
prudent man concealeth knowledge. 

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer | 
but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evii 
things. 

The simple believeth every word : but the 
prudent man looketh well tohiai goirig. 

Keep discretion. Discretion shafl preserve, 
thee. 

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger* 
A fool's wrath is presently known : but a prudent 
man covereth shame. 

They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and 
they turn aside tlie poor in the gate from their 
right. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence 
in that lime ; for it is an evil time. 

Every prudent man dealcth witii knowledge. 
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge. 
The pnidenl aii' ri'ovvne<l with kiiowledge. 



OF THE BIBLE. 199 

A prudent man forseeth the evil and hideth 
himself: but the simple pass on, and are pun- 
ished. .,../> 11 

Consider jour ways. Abstain trom all ap- 
pearance of e\?il. 

CHAP. LYIII. 

PUBLIC WOUSHIF. 

The Lord is in his holy temple : let all the 
earth keep silence before him. 

I will worship toward thy holy temple. 

1 went with them to the house of God, witli 
the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude 
that kept holy day. -, i, i 

^ yVe took sweet counsel together, and walked 
mi& the house of God in company. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
mto his courts with praise. 

Let them exalt him in the congregation ot the 
people, and praise him in the assembly of the 

elders. , T 1 ^ n 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now m the 

pTsence of all his people. 

I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, 

in the assembly of the upright, and in the con- 

^Vraise him, ye that stand in the house of the 
Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of 
Ciod.and be more ready to hear, than to give 
me sacrifice of iVnxls : for they consider not that 
thev do evil. 

Let us consider one another, to provoke unto 
-e and to jrood works : not forsaking the a^-^ 






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sembling of ourselves together, as the manner i 
of some is. 

Wliere two or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 
I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of \ 
my God, than to dwell in the tents of wicked- 
ness. 

How dreadful is this place ! this is none other 
hut the house of Godj and this is the gate of 
heaven. 



CHAP LXIX. 

REDEMPTION AND SALVATION. 

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in 
Zion for a foundation a stone, at; ied stone, a 
precious corner stone^ a sure foundation. 

The stone which the builders rejected, the 
same is become the head of tlie corner. 

Other foundation can no man lay than that is 
laid, which is Christ Jesus. Neither is there 
salvation in anv otiier : for there is none other 
name under heaven given among men whereby 
we must be saved. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he tiatli 
visited and redeemed his people; and hath raised 
up an horn of salvation for us, in the house of 
his servant David ; a.s he spake by the mouth of 
h.is holy prophets, whicli have been since tli^e 
world began : that we shouhl be saved from our 
enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us : 
40 perffum the mei'cy promised to our fathers, 
and to remember his "holy covenant ; the oath 
which lie sware to our father Ah rah a in. M>i^ | r* 



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would grant unto us, that we, being delivered 
out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him 
virithout fear, in holiness and righteousness be- 
fore him, all the days of our life. And thou, 
child, shall be called the Prophet of the Highest : 
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to 
prepare his ways; to give knowledge of salvation 
unto his people, by the remission of their sins, 
through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby 
the day-spring from on high hath visited us, to 
give light to them that sit in darkness, and in 
the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way 
of peace. 

Simeon came by the Spirit into the temple : 
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, 
to do for him after the custom of the law, then 
took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and 
said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart 
in peace, according to thy word : for mine eyes 
have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepar- 
ed before the face of all people ; a light to lighten 
the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 

They sung a new song, saying, Thou art wor- 
thy to take the book, and to open the seals there- 
of; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to 
God by thy blood, out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and people, and nation. 

If any man sin, we have an advocate with the 
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous : and he is the 
propitiation for our sins ; and not for ours only, 
but also for the sins of the whole world. 

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the 
law, being made a curse for us : who gave him- 
self for u- that he might redeem us from all ini- 
quity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
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By his own blood, he entered in once into the 
holy piiice, having obtained eternal redemption 
for us. He is the mediator of the new testa- 
ment, that by means of death, for the redemp- 
tion of the transgressions that were under the 
first testament, they which are called might re- 
ceive the promise of eternal inheritance. 

Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is 
made unto us wisdom and righteousness, and 
sanctification, and redemption : in whom we 
have redemption through his blood, even the 
forgiveness of sins. 

All have sinned, and come short of the glory of 
God ; being justified freely by his grace, through 
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ; whom 
God hath set forth to be a propitiation through 
faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness 
for the remission of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God ; to declare at this time 
I say, his righteousness ; that he might be just, 
and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. 

God hath concluded them all in unbeljief, that 
he might have mercy upon all. 

Being justified by f^iith, we have peace with 
God through our Lord Jesus Christ? 

As many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them 
that believe on his name. ^ ^ /,^^ 

If thou shalt confess witi^liy mouth the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and shalt believe in thine heart 
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou 
shalt be saved. For with the heart man believ- 
eth unto righteousness; and with the mouth 
confession is made unto salvation. 

I'hrist is the end of the law for rightepus^ness 
to every one that believeth. 



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God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not 
the Father : but he that acknowledgeth the Son 
hath the Father also. 

Christ died for our sins according to the scrip- 
tures : was delivered for our offences, and was 
raised again for our justification. 

To this end Christ both died, and rose, and 
revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead 
and living. 

He died for all, that they which live, should 
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto 
him that died for them, and rose again. 

The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men. 

Ood our Saviour will have all men to be saved 
and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

The Son of man is come to save that which 
was lost. He shall save his people from their 
sins. He is able to save them to the uttermost, 
that come unto God by him. I came not to judge 
the world, but to save the world. 

Jesus said unto them, they that be whole need 
not a physician, but they that are sick. But go 
ye and learn what that meaneth, 1 will have 
mercy and not sacrifice ; for I am not come to 
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

God commendeth his love toward us in that 
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, 
we shall be saved by wrath through him. For 
if, when we were enemies we were reconciled to 
God by the death of his Son : much more, being 
reconcilnrl. we shall he saved by his life. And 



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not only so, but we also joy in God, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now re- 
ceived the atonement. 

Not as the offence, so also is the free gift .For 
if through the offence of one many be dead ; 
much more the grace of God, and the gift by 
grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath 
abounded unto many. And not as it was by one 
that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment was 
by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of 
many offences unto justification. For if by one 
man's offence death reigned by one ; much more 
they which receive abundance of grace, and of 
the gift of righteousness, shall reign in the life 
by one, Jesus Christ : therefore, as by the offence 
of one, judgment came upon all men to condem- 
nation : even so by the righteousness of one, the 
free gift came upon all men unto justification of 
life. For as by one man's disobedience many 
were made sinners ; so by the obedience of one 
shall many be made righteous. Moreover, the 
law entered that the offence might abound : but 
where sin abounded, grace did much more 
abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, 
even so might grace reign through righteousness 
unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord. 

This man, after he had offered one sacrifice for 
sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; 
from henceforth expecting till his enemies be 
made his footstool. For by one offerino; he hatli 
perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 

He that hath the Son hath life ; and he that 
hath not the Son of God hath not life. 

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, 
let him be anathema. 

I am the door : by me if any enter in, he shall 
be saved. 



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This is the will of him that sent me, that every 
one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, 
may have everlasting life : and 1 will raise him 
i up at the last day. 

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all 
acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the 
world to save sinners. 

What must I do to be saved ? Believe on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. 

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great 
salvation ? 



CHAP. LXX. 

REGENERATION. 

There was a man of the Pharisees, named 
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : the same 
came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, 
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come 
from God : for no man can do these miracles that 
thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus an- 
swered, and said unto him. Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot 
see the kingdom of God. Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee. Except a man be born of water, and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom 
of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; 
and that which is born of thrf Spirit is Spirit. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee. Ye must be 
born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, 
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : 
so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ 
is born of God. 
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He came unto his own, and his own received 
him not. But as many as received him, to them; 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even 
to them that believe on his name : which were 
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of God. 

Of his own will begat he us with the word of 
truth. 

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love 
of the brethren, see that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently : being born again 
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by 
the word of God, which liveth and abideth for 
ever. 

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit 
sin ; for his seed remaineth in him : and he can- 
not commit sin, because he is born of God* 

Ye know that every one that doeth right- 
eousness is born of him. Whosoever doeth not 
righteousness is not of God. 

Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh 
the world, even our fiiith. 

God forbid that I should glory, save in the 
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the 
world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth 
any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new crea- 
ture. 

Our old man is crucified with liim, that the 
bodv of sin mip;ht be destroyed, t?)at henceforth 
we should not serve sm. 

Be not conformed to this world : but be }C 
transformed by the renewing of j'oiir mind, that 
ye may prove w^hat is that goodj and acceptable, 
and perfect will of God. 



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By this we know that we love the children of 
God, when we love God, and keep his command- 
ments. 

The carnal mind is enmity against God : for it 
is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed 
can be." 

The natural man receiveth not the things of 
the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto 
him 5 neither can he know them, because they 
are spiritnaily discerned. 

Put off, concerning the former conversation, 
the old man, which is corrupt according to the 
deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of 
your mind ; and put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness and true 
holiness. 

Being made free from sin, and become ser- 
vants of God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, 
and the end everlasting life. 

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, 
with the affections and lusts. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

Sanctifv the Lord God in your hearts. 

Put ye on the Lord Jesus Chrrst, and make 
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts 
thereof. 

Hereby we do know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. 

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature : 
old things are passed away : behold, all things 
are become new. 

Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the 
lusts of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let 
us also walk in the Spirit. 

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him in the midst of them, and said. Verily, I say 
unto you. Except ye be converted, and become 
as little children, ye shall not enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 



CHAP. LXXI. 

REPENTANCE. 

Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent : 
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

Repent ye, and believe the gospel. 

Repent, and be baptized every one of you in 
the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of 
sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Repent ye, and be converted, that your sins 
may be blotted out. 

Repent, and turn yourselves from all your 
transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be your 
ruin. 

Repent, and turn to God, and do vi^orks meet 
for repentance. 

God now command eth all men every where to 
repent. Except ye repent, ye shall all perish. 

Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ 
to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : 
and that repentance and remission of sins should 
be preached in his name among all nations, be- 
ginning at Jerusalem. 

I kept back nothing that was profitable 
unto you, but have shewed you, and have 
taught you publickly, and from house to house, 
testifying both to the Jews, and also to the 
Greeks, repentance towards God, and faith to- 
ward our Lord Jesus Christ. 



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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel, amend your ways and your doings, and 
I will cause you to dwell in this place. 

Break off thy sins by righteousness. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
vvaters, and he that hath no money ; come ye 
buy and eat : yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money and without price. Vvherefore 
do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? 
and your labour for that which satisfieth not? 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that 
which is good, anil let your soul delight itself iu 
fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me i 
hear and your soul shall live : and I will make 
an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure 
mercies of David. 

He said unto nie, it is done. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give 
unto hira that is athirst of the fountain of the 
water of life freely. 

The spirit and the bride say, Come. And let 
him that heareth, say, Come. And let him that 
is athirst. Come. And whosoever will, let him 
take the water of life freely. 

Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil 
of your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to 
do evil ; learn to do well ; seek judgment, re- 
lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead 
for the widow. Come now, and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as 
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; though 
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

Have 1 any pleasure at all that the wicked 
should die ? saith the Lord God ; and not that 
he should return from his ways, and live ? 

As I live saith the Lord God, I have no nlea?!- 
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uve in the death of the wicked ; but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live ; turn ye, 
turn ye from your evil ways ; for why will ye 
die, house of Israel ? 

Cast away from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you 
a new heart and a new spirit ; for why will ye 
die, house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure 
in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord 
God : wherefore turn yourselves and live ye. 

Now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with 
weeping, and with mourning : and rend your 
lieart, and not your garments, and turn unto 
the Lord your God : for he is gracious and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and 
repenteth him of the evil. 

Go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, thus saith the 
Lord, behold, I frame evil against you, and de- 
vise a device against you : return ye now every 
one from his evil way, and make your ways and 
your doings good. 

Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my 
commandments, and my statutes. Turn ye unto 
me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto 
you. 

Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour 
out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my 
words unto you. 

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands ye sinners; and purify 
3^our hearts ye double-minded. Be afflicted, 
and mourn, and weep : let your laughter be 
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He forgetteth not the cry of the humble. Your 
heart shall live that seek God. 

Fear the Lord, and depart from evil. \^'ash 
thine heart from wickedness, that thou nia} est 
be saved. 

When the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and doet!) 
that which is lawful and riglit, he shall save his 
soul alive. 

Make to yourselves friends, — that when yc 
fail, they may receive you into everlasting habi- 
tations. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smok- 
ing flax shall he not quench. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a bro- 
ken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite 
spirit. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a 
broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not 
despise. 

Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhab- 
iteth eternity, whose name is Holy, I dwell in 
the high and holy place ; with him also that is 
of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the 
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite ones, 

To this man will I look, even to him that is 
poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at 
my word. 

The Lord is long-suffering to us ward, not 
willing that any should perish, but that all should 
come to repentance. 

It is not the will of your Father which is in 
heaven, that one of these little ones sliould per- 
ish. 

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper : 



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but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall 
have mercy. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

Seek ye the Lord while he rnay be found, call 
ye upon him while he is near : let the w'icked 
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, 
for he will abundantly pardon. 

Mercy rejoiceth against judgment. There is 
joy in the presence of the angels of God, over 
one sinner that repenteth. Jo}^ shall be in hea- 
ven over one sinner that repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine just persons which need 
no repentance. 

Come out from among them, and be ye sepa- 
rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean 
tiling; and I will receive you, and will be a 
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and 
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

A «vake to righteousness, and sin not. Awake 
thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and 
Christ shall give thee life. Come unto me all 
ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will 
give you rest. 

I am ihe bread of life : he that cometh to me 
ghall never hunger : and he that believeth on me 
shall never thirst. 

Quench not the Spirit. Grieve not the lloly 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the 
jjay of reflemption. The fruit of the Spirit is 
\n all goodness, and righteousness, and truth; 
proving what is acceptable unto the Lorn. 
if th^ vvieked wHl turn from all his sins th'^t 



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he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall 
surely live, he shall not die. All his transgres- 
sions that he hath committed, they shall not be 
mentioned unto him : in his righteousness that 
he hath done he shall live. 

Having, therefore, the^e promises, dearly be- 
loved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness 
of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the 
fear of God. 

Leaving the principles of the doctrine of 
Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying 
again the foundation of repentance from dead 
works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine 
of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of 
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judg- 
ment. 

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet 
unto thylestimonies. 

1 will arise, and go to my father, and will say 
unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven 
and before thee, and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son. 

I acknowledo-e my trans£;ressions ; and mv sin 
is ever betore me. 

The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is 
faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the 
liead there is no soundness in it; but wounds, 
and bruises, and putrifying sores. 

I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes. 

He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be 
there may be hope. 

Let us search and try our ways, and turn 
again to the Lord, 

Turn thou us unto thee, Lord, and we shall 
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Hide thy face from my sins ; and blot ^it all 
mine iniquities. 

Cast me not away from thy presence ; and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have 
borne chastisement, I will not oifend any more : 
that which I see not teach thou me : if I have 
done iniquity, I will do no more. 

The time past of our lives may suffice us to 
have wrought the will of the Gentiles. It is high 
lime to awake out of sleep. The night is far 
spent^ the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast 
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the 
ariTiour of light. 

Yet a little while is the light with you : walk 
while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon 
you. 

As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and an- 
swered, Go thy way for this time; when I have 
a cr>nvenient season, I will call for thee. 

Behold now is the accepteil time ; behold now 
is the day of salvation. 

Choose you this day whom ye will serve. 

He is our God. As the Holy Ghost saith, To- 
day, if ye will hear >his voice, harden not your 
hearts. 

Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and 
forbearance, and long-suffering; not knowingthat 
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance .^ 
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day 
of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judg- 
ment of God. 

Knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade 
men. We are ambassadors for Christ, as though 



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God did beseech you by us ; we pray you in 
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 



CHAP. LXXII. 

RESURRECTION, APPEARANCE, AND ASCENSION 
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

Behold, there was a great earthquake : for 
the angel of the Lord descended froui heaven, 
and came and rolled back the stone from the 
door, (of the sepulchre) and sat upon it. His 
countenance was like lightning, and his raiment 
was white as snow. And for fear of him the 
keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 

The first day of the week cometh Mary Mag- 
dalene early, when !t vms yet dark, unto the 
sepulchre, and seeth thv». stone taken away from 
the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and co»neth 
to Simon Peter, and to the othei* disciple whom 
Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have 
taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and 
we know not where they have laid him. Peter 
therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and 
came to the sepulchre. So they ran both togeth- 
er : and the other disciple diA out-run Peter, and 
came first to the sepulchre. And he, stooping 
down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes ly- 
ing : yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon 
Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, 
and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin 
that was about his head, not lying with the imen 
clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 
Then went in also that other disciple, which 
came first to the sepulchre, and he saw and be- 
lieved. For as ye:U thet knew not tiie scripture, 



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that be must rise again from the dead. Then 
the disciples went away again unto their own 
home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre, 
weeping : and, as she wept, she stooped down, 
and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two 
angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and 
ti>e other at the feet, where the body of Jesus 
had lain. And they say unto her. Woman, why 
weepest thou ? She saith unto them. Because 
they have taken away my Lord, and I know not 
where they have laid him. And when she had 
thus said, she turned herself back, and saw 
Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
Jesus sailhunto her. Woman, why weepest thou ? 
whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be 
the gardener, saith unto him. Sir, if thou have 
borne him hence, tell me \f here thou hast laid 
him, and I will take him away* Jesus saith 
unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith. 
unto him, Rabboni ; which is to say. Master. 
Jesus saith unto her. Touch me not; for I am 
not yet ascended to mj Father : but go to my 
brethren, and sa}^ unto them, I ascend unto my 
Father, and your Father ; and to my God, and 
your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the 
(lisciples that she had seen the Lord, and that 
he had spoken these things unto her. 

The angel answered and said unto the women. 
Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, 
which was crucified. He is not here ; for he is 
risen, as he said. Come, see the place where 
the Lord lay : and go quickly, and tell his dis- 
ciples, that he is risen from the dead ; and, be- 
hohl, he goeth before you into Galilee: there 
shall ye see him ; lo I have told you. And they 
departed quickly from the sepulchre, with fear 



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and great joy ; and did run to bring his disciples 
word. And, as they went to tell his disciples ; 
behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And 
they came, and held him by the feet, and wor- 
shipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, be 
not afraid : go tell my brethren, that they ga 
into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 

Now, when they were going, behold, some of 
the watch came into the city, and shewed unto 
the chief priests all the things that were done* 
And when they were assembled with the elders, 
and had taken council, they gave large money 
unto the soldiers, saying. Say ye, his disciples 
came by night, and stole him away while we 
slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, 
we will persuade him, and secure you. So they 
took the money, and did as they were taught : 
and this saying is commonly reported among 
the Jews until this day. 

Behold, two of them went that same day to a 
village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusa- 
lem about threescore furlongs. And they talke<i 
together of all these things which had happened. 
And it came to pass, that, while they communed 
together, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew neai', 
and went with them. But their eves were hol- 
den, that they should not know him. And he 
said unto them, What manner of communications 
are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, 
and are sad ? And the one of them, whose naiiie 
was Cleopas, answering, said unto him. Art thou 
only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not knowh 
the tiiings which are come to pass there in these 
days ? And he said unto them, what things ? And 
they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Naza- 
reth, v/hich was a prophet mightv in deed and 
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word, before f*od and all the people : and how 
the chief priests, and our rulers, delivered him 
to be condemned to death, and have crucified 
him. But v*'e trusted that it had been he, which 
should have redeemed Israel : and,beside all this, 
to-day is the third day, since these things were 
done. Yea, and certain women also of our com- 
pany made us astonished, which were early at 
the sepulchre ; and when they found not his body, 
they came, saying. That they had also seen a 
vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 
And certain of them which were with us, went 
to the sepulcnre, and found it even so as the wo- 
men had said ; but him they saw not. Then he 
said unto them, fools, and slow of heart to be- 
lieve all that the prophets have spoken ! Ought 
not Christ to have suffered these things, and to 
enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses, 
and all tl^e prophets, he expounded unto them, in 
all the scriptures, the things concerning himself. 
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither 
they w^ent : and he made as though he would have 
gone further. But they constrained him, saying. 
Abide with us : for it is toward evening^ and 
the day is for spent. And he went in to'tarry 
with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at 
meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, 
and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes 
were opened, and they knew him ; and he van- 
ished out of their sight. Aad they said one to 
another, Did not our hearts burn within us, 
while he talked with us by the way, and while 
he opened to us the scriptures ? 

The same Hslj at evening, being the first day 
of the week, when the doors were shut where tlie 
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came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith 
unto them^ Peace be unto jou. And when he had 
so said, he shewed unto them his hands, and his 
side. Then were the disciples glad when they 
saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again. 
Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me. 
even so send I you And when he had said this, 
he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Re- 
ceive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins 
ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and 
whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 
And they rose up the same hour, and returned 
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered to- 
gether, and them that were with them, saying. 
The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to 
Simon. And they told wliat things were done 
in the way, and how he was known of them in 
bieaking of bread. And, as they thus spake, 
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and 
saith unto them. Peace be unto you. But they 
were teriified, and affrighted, and supposed tUat 
they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them^ 
Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise 
in your hearts ? Behold my hands, and my feet, 
that it is I myself; handle me, and see ; fur a 
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, 
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them 
his hands and his feet. And while they yet be- 
lieved notjfor joy, and wondered, he said unto 
them, have ye here any meat ? And thev gave 
him apiece of a broiled fish, and of an honey 
comb. And he took it, and did eat before them. 
And he said unto them, Theset^'are the words 
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with 
you, that all things must ba fulfilled which 
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prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 
Then opened he their understanding, that they 
might understand the scriptures, and said unto 
them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved 
Christ to sufier, and to rise from the dead, the 
third day ; and that repentance and remission of 
sins should be preached in his name among all 
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are 
witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send 
the promise of my FatTier upon you : but tarry 
ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued 
with power from on high. 

Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didj'^mus, 
was not with them when Jesus came. The other 
disciples, therefme, said unto him. We have seen 
the Lord. But he said unto them. Except I 
shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and 
put my finger into the print of the nails, and 
thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 
And after eight days, again his disciples were 
w4thin, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus 
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, 
and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to 
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger; and behold my 
hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it 
into my side : and be not faithless, but believing, 
And Thomas answered, and said unto him. My 
Lord, and my God. Jesus saith unto him Thom- 
as, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believ- 
ed : blessed are they that hav^ not seen, and yet 
have believed. 

After that, he was seen of above five hundred 
brethren at once, of whom the greater part re- 
main unto this present : but sonie are fallen 
asleep. 

The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, 
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And when thev saw him, they worshipped him : 
bat some doubted. And Jesus came, and spake 
unto them, saying. All power is given unto me 
in heaveu and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and 
teach ali nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Fatuer, and of tiie Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost; teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you : and, lo, I 
am with you alway, even unto the end ot tiie 
world. Amen. 

After that, he was seen of James ; then o! 
all the apostles. To whom also he shewed him - 
self alive after his passion, by many inkllib.e 
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speak- 
in^ofthe things pertaining to the kingdom ot 
God : and, being assembled together with them. 
commanded them, that they should not depart 
from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of t>ie 
Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

He led them out as far as to Bethany, and he 
lifted up his hands, and blessed them. Audit 
came to pass, while he blessed them, he was 
parted frem them, and carried up into heaven. 

And, while they looked steadfastly toward 
heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood 
by them in white apparel ; which also said, Ye 
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into 
heaven f This same Jesus, which is taken up 
from you into heaven, shall so come in like man- 
ner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

And they worshipped him, and returned to 
Jerusalem with great jov : and, were continually 
in the temple, praising and hl«ssing God. Amen. 

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of 
David was raised from tlio dead, according to 
my gospel. 

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I (Paid) delivered unto you first of all, that 
which I also received, how that Christ died for 
our sins, according to the scriptures : and that 
he was buried, and that h(5 rose again the third 
day, according to the scriptures. 

Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked 
up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of 
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of 
God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, 
and the Son of man standing on the right hand 
of God. 

Jesus Christ is gone into heaven, and is on the 
right hand of God ; angels and authorities and 
powers being made subject unto him. 

If ye be risen with Christ, seek thosQ things 
vvhich are above, where Christ sitteth on the 
right hand of God. ' 



CHAP. LXXIIT. 

RB-TRIBUTION. 

We know that all things work together for 
good to them that love God, 

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend 
their days in prosperity, and their years in 
pleasures. 

I have not seen (he righteous forsaken, nor his 
seed begging bread. 

The face of the Lord is against them that do 
evil. And vv^ho is he that will harm you, if ye 
b(3 followep3 of. that which is good. 

Surely I kn»w that it shall be well with them 
•fluit tear God :%t it shall not be well with the 
wicked. 

^ 11)e wicked fi^e when no man pursUeth : but 
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Evil pursueth sinners : but to the righteous 
good shall be repaid. 

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his 
days, and the number of years is hidden to the 
oppressor. A dreadful sound is in his ears : in 
prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son 
shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither 
shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. 
The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon 
him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be 
upon him. Every one shall die for his own in- 
iquity. 

He that doeth wrong shall receive for the 
wrong which he hath done: and there is no re- 
spect of persons. 

They that plough iniquity and sow wickedness, 
reap the same. 

Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for 
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also 
reap. For he that soweth to the flesh, shall of 
the flesh reap corruption : but he that soweth to 
the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

I thq Lord search the heart, I try the reins 
even to give every man according to his vyays, 
and according to the fruit of his doings. 

It is appointed unto men once to die, but after 
this the judginent. 

God hath appointed a day in which he will 
judge the world in righteousness, by that man 
whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given 
assurance unto all men, in IhM Ti^ hath raised 
him from the dead. ^^^^^ 

Unto whomsoever mu^^^^Hn of Itim shall 
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his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither 
did according to his will, shall be beaten with 
many stripes. But he that knew not, and did 
coaimit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten 
^ith few stripes. 

To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it 
not, to him it is sin. 

If we sin wilfully after that we have received 
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no 
more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful look- 
ing for of judgment and fiery indignation, which 
shall devour the adversaries. He that despised 
Moses' law died without mercy under two or 
three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath 
trodden vnder foot the Son of God, and hath 
counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he 
was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done 
despite unto the Spirit of grace. 

Fear not them which kill the body, but are not 
able to kill the soul ; but rather fear him which 
is able to destroy both body and soul in hell. 

Is not destruction to the wicked ? and a 
strange punishment to the workers of iniquity ? 

Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an 
oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do 
wickedly, shall be stubble : and the day that 
cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of 
hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor 
branch. But unto you that fear my name, shall 
the sunofrif»;hteousness arise with healing: in his 



wings. 



The ransomed of iliQ Lord shall return and 
come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy 
upon their lieads : they shall obtain joy and 
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The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abomi- 
nable, and murderers, and adulterers, and sor- 
cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have 
their part in the lake which burneth with fire 
and brimstone ; which is the second death. 

The Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from 
heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, 
taking vengeance on them that knovv^ not God, 
and that obej^ not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting 
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and 
from the glory of his power. 



CHAP. LXXIV. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness : for they shall be filled. 

Seek righteousness. Blessed are they that 
keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness 
at all times. Righteousness exalteth a nation. 

Ofl'er the sacrifices of righteousness, and put 
your trust in the Lord. He loveth him that fol- 
ioweth after righteousness. 

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord. Be 

flad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous. The 
iord upholdeth the righteous. He shall never 
suffer the righteous to be moved. He heareth 
the prayer of the righteous. The desire of the 
righteous shall be granted. 



The righteousness of the perfect shall direct 
his way. The way of the righteous is made 
plain. The righteous shall hold on his way. 

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them. The righteous is delivered out of trouble. 
The seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 

The thoughts of the righteous are right. The 
lips of the righteous know what is acceptable. 
The desire of the righteous is only good. The 
light of the righteous rejoiceth. The hope of the 
;righteous shall be gladness. The fruit of the 
righteous is a tree of life. The labour of the 
righteous tendeth to life. 

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be 
found in the way of righteousness. 

In the house of the righteous is much treasure. 
The house of the righteous shall stand. The 
voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the taber- 
nacles of the righteous. 

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. 
Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in 
the earth. 

"Thou, L<>rd, will bless the righteous ; with fa- 
vour Wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well 
with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their 
doings.^ 

Verily thei^ i« a reward for the righteous. To 
him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure 
reward. 

Righteousness tendeth to life. Righteousness 
delivereth from death. 

The work of righteousness shall be peace ; 
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and 
assurance for ever. 

The righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
brance. The righteous is an everlasting foun- 
dation. 

TUe righteous hath hope in his death. Let me 
die the death of the righteous, and let my last 
end be like his. 



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CHAP. LXXV. 

SABBATH. 

The heavens and the earth were finished, and 
all the host of them. And on the seventh day, 
God ended his work which he had made : and 
he rested the seventh day from all his work 
which he had made. And God blessed the 
seventh day and sanctified it ; because that in 
it he had rested from all his work which God 
created and made. 

Six days shall work be done ; but the seventh 
day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation ; 
it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwell- 
ings. 

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the 
seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox may 
rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the 
stranger may be refreshed. 

Hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign 
between me and you, that ye may know that I 
am the Lord your God. 

Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the 
Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 

It is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days. 

Jesus said unto them, What man shall there 
be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if 
it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not 
lay hold of it and lift it out .^ 

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. 

The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath- 
day. 

if thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath^, 
from doing thy pleasure on my holy day : and 
call the sabbath a Delight, and the Holy of the 
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doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words ; then 
thou shalt delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will 
cause thee to ride upon the high places of the 
earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob 
thy father 5 for the mouth of the Lord hath spo- 
ken it. 

Blessed is the man that keepeth the sabbath 
from polluting it. 



CHAP. LXXVI, 

SCRIPTURES. 

The world by wisdom knew not God. 

An highway shall be there, and a way, and it 
shall be called The way of holiness ; the unclean 
shall not pass over it ; but it shall be for those : 
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err 
therein. 

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in righteousness. 

Whatsoever things were written aforetime, 
was Written for our learning, that we through 
patience and comfort of the scriptures might 
have hope. 

Tl\ese are written, that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that 
believing, ye might have life through his name. 

We have a more sure word of prophecy; 
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed 5 as unto 
a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day 
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : 
knowing this first, that no prophecy is of any 
private interpretation. For lie prophecy came 
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men of God spake as they were moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

God who commanded the light to shine out of 
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the 
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the 
face of Jesus Christ. 

Be mindful of the words which were spoken 
before by the holy prophets, and of the com- 
mandment of us the apostles of the Lord and 
Saviour. 

Search the scriptures : for in them ye think 
ye have eternal life : and they are they which 
testify of me. These were more noble, in that 
they searched the scriptures daily. 

Jesus said unto them. Ye do err, not knowing 
the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

Account that the long-suffering of our Lord is 
salvation ; even as our beloved brother.Paul also 
according to the wisdom given unto him hath 
written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speak- 
ing in them of these things ; in which are some 
things hard to be understood, which they that 
are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also 
the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 

Is not my word like as a fire .^ saith the Lord ; 
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in 
pieces ? 

The word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even 
to the dividing asunder of soul and Spirit, and 
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of 
the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

Thy word i.^ truth. Thou hast magnified thy 
word above all thy name. The words of the 
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Wlioso despiseth the word shall be destroyed^ 
but he that feareth the commandment shall be 
rewarded. 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly m 
all wisdom. 

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in 
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God : he that 
abideth in the doctrine of Christy he hath both 
the Father and the Son. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making 
wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are 
right, rejoicing the heart ; the commandment of 
the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

The law is holy, and the commandment holy^ 
and just, and good. 

I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. 

I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things 
to be right. 

The word of the Lord endureth forever. And 
this is the word which by the gospel is preached 
unto you. 

Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass^from the law, till all 
be fulfilled. 

Refrain from these men, and let them alone : 
for if this counsel, or this work, be of men, it 
will come to nought : but if it be of God, ye can- 
not overthrow it : lest haply ye be found evea 
to fight against God, 

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 
way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy 
word. 

We thank God without ceasing,because, when 
ye received the word of God which ye heard of 
us, ye received it not as the wovd of men, but ai^ 



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it is of truth, the word of God, which effectually 
worketh also in you that believe. 

Receive with meekness the engrafted word, 
which is able to save your souls. If any be a 
hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like 
unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 
for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he 
was. 

Ye shall lay up these my words in your heart, 
and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon 
your hand, that they may be as frontlets between 
your eyes. And ye shall teach them your chil- 
dren, speaking of them when thou sittestin thine 
house, and when thou walkestl^y the way, when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And 
thou shalt write them upon the door posts of 
thine house, and upon thy gates. 

Ye shall not add unto the word which I com- 
mand you, neither shall ye diminish aught from 
it, that ye may keep the commandments of the 
Lord your God which I command you. 

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove 
thee, and thou be found a liar. 

I testify unto every man that heareth the 
words of the prophecy of this book, if any man 
shall add unto these things, God shall add un- 
to him the plagues that are written in this book: 
and if any man shall take away from the words 
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take 
away his part out of the book of life, and out 
of the holy city, and from the things which are 
written in this book. 

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 
for it is the power of God unto salvation, to ev- 
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The holy scriptures are able to make thee 
wise unto salvation, through faith which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ; for 
if they escaped not who refused him that spake 
on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we 
turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. 

CHAP, LXXVII. 

SINCERITY AND TRUTH. 

Deceive not with thy lips. Meddle^not with^ 
him that flattereth with his lips. 

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth 
a net for his feet. 

Do not deceive me. He that worketh deceit 
shall not dwell within my house : he that telleth 
lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will 
I go in with dissemblers. 

Take heed that no man deceive you. Let no 
man deceive himself. 

Love the truth. Lie not one to another. 
Putting away lying, speak every man the truth 
with his neighbour. 

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind 
them about thy neck ; write them upon the table 
of thine heart : so shalt thou find favour and 
good understanding in the sight of God and man. 

How forcible are right words. Trust ye not 
in lying words. The lip of truth shall be estab- 
lished for ever : but a lying tongue is but for a 
moment. 

The mouth of them that speak lies shall he 
stopped. 



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Buy the truth, and sell it not. Lie not against 
the truth. Speak ye every man the truth to his 
neighbour; execute the judgment of truth. 

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot 
profit. Ye shall not lie one to another. 

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath 
conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 

A righteous man hateth lying. He that speak- 
ieil) truth sheweth forth righteousness. 

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord : but 
they that deal truly are his delight. 

Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out 
half tiicir days. 

He that speaketh lies shall not escape. He 
that speaketh lies s!ia]l perish. 

Without are idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

liOrd who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? He 
tliat speaketh the truth in his heart. 

By lying shall tlie land mourn. I hate and 
^bhor lying. Remove from me the way of lying. 
Remove far from me vanity and lies. 

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 

Deliver my sou], O Lord, from lying lips, and 
from a deceitful tongue. 



CHAP. LXXVHL 

STABILITY. 

. Lkt all thy Vv- ays be established. Be not soon 
-shaken in mind. 

Meddle not with them that are given to 
change : neither be ye of doubtful mind. 

Commit thy works unto the Lord/and ihv 
thoughts shall be establiilied. 
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Surely a good man shall not be moved for ever. 
The righteous shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
hh heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His 
heart is established, he shall not be afraid. 

Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and 
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by 
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, where- 
by they lie in wait to deceive. 

Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For 
he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven 
with the wind and tossed. For let not that man 
think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 
A double mioded man is unstable in all his wavs« 

Unstable as water thou shrdt not excel. 

Be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abound- 
ing in the work of the Lord, for as much as yi: 
know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord, 

Let every one be fully persuaded in his own 
mind. 

Prove your own selves. Prove all things , 
hold fast that which is good. 



CHAP. LXXIX. 

TEMPKRANCE. 

Ado to knowledge, temperance. 
Every man that striveth for the mastery h 
temperate in all things. 

Live sobej ly. Use thig world, as not abusing it- 
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and 
drunkenness. 

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morn- 
ing tt)at tiicy may follow strun:^ drink : that con- 
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine. 
;r)d men of strength to mingle strong drink ! 

\/oe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, 
iliac puttest thj bottle to him, and makest him 
<]rimken! 

Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess. 

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging ^ and 
V hoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 

Be not among winebibb^rs ; among riotous 
i^aters of flesh ; for the drunkard and the glutton 
}aU come to poverty. 

I have written unto you, not to keep company, 
if any man that is called a brother be a drunkard. 

Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath 
contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath 
wounds without cause .►^ who hath redness of 
ej^es ? They that tarry long at the wine. At 
the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth 
like an adder .* thine eyes shall behold strange 
women, and thine heart shall utter perverse 
things : yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 
in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon 
the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt 
thou say, and I was not sick ; they have beaten 
me, and I felt it not : when shall I awake .^ I 
will seek it again. 

They have erred through wine, and through 
strong drink are out of the way 5 they err in 
vision, the)^ stumble in judgment. 

Let us walk honestly as in the day^ not in 
rioting and drunkenness. 

Let us watch and be sober. For they that 
j-leep. sleoj) in the night ; and they that be drun- 
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are of the day be sober, putting on the breast- 
plate ol faith and love^ and for an helmet the 
hope of salvation. 



CHAP. LXXX. * 

THEFT AND TRESPASS. 

Ye shall not steal. Let him that stole, steal 
no more. 

Every one that stealeth shall be cut off. The 
curse {of the Lord) it shall enter into the house 
of the thief* 

By stealing shall the land mourn. 

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consent- 
edst v/ith him : but 1 will reprove thee. Whoso 
is partner with a thief hateth his own soul. 

In the heavens, no thief approacheth. 

Lord who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He 
that doeth not evil to his neighbour. 

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing 
he dwelleth securely by thee. 

Some violently take away flocks, and feed 
thereof. He that killeth a beast shall make it 
good. 

He shall restore that which he tot)k violently 
^way» 

Some remove the land -marks. Thou shajt not 
remove thy neighbour's land mark, which they 
of old have set in thine inheritance. 

Remove not the ancient land -mark whicli t-iy 
fathers have set ; and enter not into the fields 
of the fatherless. 

Cursed be he that removetli his neighbours 
land-Hiark : and all the people shall say, Ameu. 



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CHAP. LXXXI. 

VIGILANCE. 

Be vigilant. Watch thou in all things. 

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temp- 
tation. 

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same 
with thanksgiving. 

Let us watch and be sober. 

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that 
remain. 

Blessed is he that watcheth. 

Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord 
doth come. 

Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, 
when he cometh, shall find watching. 

Watch ye, and pray always, that ye may be 
accounted worthy to escape all these things that 
shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son 
of man. 



CHAP. LXXXIL 

WICKEDNESS. 

A man shall not be established by wickedness. 
Sin is a reproach to any people. 

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomina- 
tion to the Lord. 

' The mouth of the wicked poureth out evil 
things. 

The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it 
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon 
him. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 
The expectation of the wicked shall perish. The 
way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. 



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The wicked shall not be unpunished. The 
wicked is driven away in his wickedness. The 
wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The 
wicked is reserved to the day of destruction. 

God is angry with the wicked every day. The 
wicked will he destroy. Upon the wicked he 
shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an 
horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of 
their cup. 

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination 
to the Lord. 

Wickedness overthroweth the sinner. God 
overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 
The wicked are overthrown and are not. 

The Lord is far from the wicked. Salvation 
is far from the wicked. 

Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

My son,if sinners entice thee,consentthou not. 

If ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be con- 
sumed. 

Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : 
for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 

Evil shall slay the wicked : and they that hate 
the righteous shall be desolate. 

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation 
fehall perish. 

Oil let the wickedness of the wicked come to 
an end. 



CHAP. LXXXIIL 

WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis- 
dom and the knowledge of the Holy is under- 
standing. 



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The fear of tlie Lord that is wisdom | and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 

Incline thine ear unto wisdom, and applj 
thine heart to understanding. 

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and 
the man that getteth understanding. For the 
merchandize of it is better than the merchandize 
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
She is more precious than rubies : and all the 
things thou canst desire are not to be compared 
unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; 
and in her left hand riches and honour. Her 
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths 
are peace. She is a tree of life to them that 
lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that 
retaineth her. 

Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it not ; 
forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee : 
love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is 
the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom : and 
with all thy getting, get understanding* Exalt 
her, and she shall promote thee : she shall bring 
thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 
She shall give to thine head an ornament of 
grace : a crown of glory shall she deliver to 
thee. 

Wisdom is good with an inheritance : and by 
it there is profit to them that see the sun. For 
wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence : 
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom 
giveth life to them that have it. 

Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless 
the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his 
words are not heard. Wisdom is better than 
weapons of war. 

A man shall be commended according to his 
wi«domi. 



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Keep sound wisdom. Fools despise wisdom. 

Wisdom excelleth folly as far as light excell- 
eth darkness. 

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and 
call understanding thy kinswoman. 

A wise man's heart discerneth both time and 
judgment. 

The words of wise men are heard in quiet. 

A wise man will hear, and will increase learn- 
ing; and a man of understanding will attain 
unto wise counsels. 

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to 
depart from the snares of death. 

The well-spring of wisdom is as a flowing 
brook. 

Understanding is a well-spring of life unto 
him that hath it. 

Good understanding giveth favour. 

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul ; 
he that keepeth understanding shall find good. 

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, 
and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of 
things, and to know tlie wickedness of folly, 
even of foolishness and madness. 

The fool shall be servant to the wise in heart. 

He that walketh v/ith wise men shall be wise : 
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 

The Lord give thee wisdom. The Lord give 
thee understanding in all things. 

If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth 
not; and it shall be given him. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Walk in wisdom towards them that are with- 
out, redeeming the t^me. 



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Be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

I would have }ou wise unto that which is 
good, aad simple concerning evil. 

How long, ye simple oues, will ye love sim- 
plicity ? and fools hate knowledge. 

Fools make a mock at sin. Go from the pres- 
ence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not 
in him the lips of knowledge. 

The wise in heart will receive command- 
ments : but a prating fool shall fall. 

In the lips of him that hath understanding 
wisdom is found : but a rod is for the back of 
him that is void of understanding, 

A fool layeth open his folly. A fools voice is 
known by the multitude of words. The be- 
ginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness : 
and the end of his talk is mischievous vanity. 
A fool uttereth all his mind : but a wise man 
keepeth it in till afterwards. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of 
knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and in- 
struction. Fools die for want of wisdom. 

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. 

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil : 
but the fool rageth, and is confident. 

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : 
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 

Wise men lay up knowledge : but the mouth 
of the foolish is near destruction. 

The wise shall inherit glory : but shame shall 
be the promotion of fools. 

He that winneth souls is wise. 

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament ; and they that turn many to 
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." 



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CHAP. LXXXIV, 

ZEAL. 

Be zealous. It is good to be zealously affect- 
ed always in a good thing. 

As ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that 
ye may excel. 

Ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what careful- 
ness it wrouglit in you, yea, what vehement^ 
desire, yea, what zeal ? 

I know the forwardness of your mind, for' 
which I boast of you. Your zeal hath provoked 
very many. 

The Lord saw that there was no man, and 
wondered that there was no intercessor : there- 
fore his arm brought salvation. He was clad 
with zeal as a cloak. 

The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up» 

My zeal hath consumed me ; because mine 
enemies have forgotten thy words. 

The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, 
the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, 
hath turned my wrath away from the children of 
Israel, (while he was zealous for my sake among 
them,) that I consumed not the children of Israel 
in my jealousy. Wherefore say. Behold, I give 
unto him my covenant of peace. And he shall 
have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant 
of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was 
zealous for his God, and made an atonement for 
the children of Israel. 

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of 
Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently 
for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect: 
and complete in all the will of God. For I bear 
him record, that he hath a great zeal for you. 



OF THE BIBLE. 243 

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
nor hot : I would thou were cold or hot, so then, 
because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor 
hot, 1 will spue thee out of my mouth. 

They have a zeal of God, but not according 
to knowledge. 

I (Paul) am verily a man which am a Jew, 
born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up 
in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught 
according to the perfect manner of the law of 
the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye 
all are this day. And I persecuted this way 
unto the death, binding and delivering into pri- 
sons both men and women. 

Ye have heard of my conversation in time past 
in the Jews' religion /how that beyond measure 
I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it : 
and profited in the Jews' religion above many 
my equals in my own nation, being more ex- 
ceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. 
But when it pleased God, who called me by his 
grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach 
him among the heathen ; immediately I conferr- 
ed not with flesh and blood. They had heard 
that he which persecuted us in times past, now- 
preached the faith which once he destroyed. 
And they glorified God in me. 

Are they ministers of Christ.^ (I speak as a 
fool) I am more : in labours more abundant, in 
stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, 
in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I 
forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten %vith 
rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suff red ship- 
wreck ; a night and a day I have been in the deep : 
in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils 
of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 



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in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in 
perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in 
perils among false brethren ; in weariness and 
painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and 
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 
Besides those things that are without, that which 
cometh upon me daily, the care of all the church- 
es. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is 
offended, and I burn not ? If I must needs glory, 
I will glory of the things which concern mine 
infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, 
knoweth that I lie not. 



CHAP. LXXXV. 

MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION. 

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and car- 
ried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and sev me 
down in the midst of the valley which wa?* full 
of bones. And caused me to pass by them round 
about ; and, behold, there were very many in 
the open valley ; and, so, they were very dry. 
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these 
bones live ? And I answered, O Lord God, thou 
knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy, 
upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry 
bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith 
the Lord God unto these bones ; behold, I will 
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live : 
and I will lay sinews upon you, and M'ill bring 
up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and 
put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied 
as I was commanded : and as I prophesied, there 



OF THE BIBLE. 245 

was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones 
came together, bone to his bone. And when I 
beheld, To, the sinews and the flesh came up 
upon tliem, and the skin covered them above ; 
b\it there was no breath in them. Then said he 
unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son 
of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord 
God ; Come from the four winds, O breath, and 
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the 
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood 
up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 

I {the Lord your God) will shew wonders in 
the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and 
pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into 
darkness, and the moon into blood, before the 
great and terrible day of the Lord come. 

When I heard, my lips quivered at the voice ; 
rottenness entered into my bones ^ and I trembled 
in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. 

How is the gold become dim ! how is the most 
fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary 
are poured out in the top of every street. The 
precious sonsof Zion, comparable to fine gold, 
how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the 
work of the hands of the potter ! 

Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of 
the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God 
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never 
be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from 
generation to generation : neither shall the Ara- 
bian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds 
make their fold there : but the wild beasts of 
the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall 
be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell 
there, and satyrs shall dance there. And tlie 



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wild beasts of the islands sliall cry in their deso- 
late houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces. 

The Lord will make Nineveh a desolation, 
and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie 
down in the midst of her, all the beasts ol the 
nations : both the cormorant and the bittern 
shall lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice 
shall sing in the windows ; desolation shall be in 
the thresholds. 

How doth the city sit solitary that was full of 
people! The ways of Zion do mourn, because 
none come to the solemn feasts ; all her gates 
are desolate : her priests sigh, her virgins are 
afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 

The elders have ceased from the gate, the 
young men from their musick. The joy of our 
heart is ceased 5 our dance is turned into 
mourning. The crown is fallen from our head. 

My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ 
into the voice of them that weep. 

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, 
yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We 
hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst 
thereof. For there they that carried us away 
captive required of us a song 5 and they that* 
wasted us required of us mirth, saying. Sing us 
one of the songs of Zion. 

Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and 
gone ; the flowers appear on the earth : the time 
of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of 
the turtle is jieard in our land. 



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FROM THE APUCRYPilA. 

Sect. L Great is the truth. She doeth the. 
things that are just. Above all things truth 
beareth away the victory. 

In no wise speak against the tiuth. Be stead- 
fast in thy understanding ; and let thy word be 
the same. 

True dealing shall endure for ever. 

Do uprightly all thy iite long. For if thou 
deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed 
to thee, and to all them that live justly. 

Show thyself n^erciful and just. Let just men 
eat and drink with thee. 

Neglect not to give alms. Do right to t!ie 
widow, be a father unto the fatherless, give to 
the poor, defend the orphan, clothe tlie naked, 
heal the broken and weak, be not slow to visit 
the sickj laugh not a lame raan to scorn, defend 
the maimed, and deliver him that suffereth wrong 
from the hand of the oppressor. 

Give alms of thy substance. If thou hast 
abundance, give alms accordingly : if thou hast 
but a little, be not afraid to give according to that 
little. Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of 
thy garments to them that are naked ; and let 
not thine eye be envious when thou givest alms 
. Defraud not the poor of his living, and make 
nat the needy eyes to wait long. Make not a 
hungry soul sorrowful ; neither provoke a man 
in his distress. Add not more trouble to a heart 
that is vexed ; and defer not to give to him that 
is in need. Reject not the supplication of the 
afflicted ; neither turn away thy face from a poor 
man. Turn not away thine eye from the need; 
and give him none occasion to curse thee. 



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There can no good come to him that is always 
occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms. 

Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, 
that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity. 

Lend thy neighbour in time of his need, and 
pay thou thy neighbour again in due season. 
Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, 
and thou shalt always find the thing that is ne- 
cessary for thee. 

Many when a thing was lent them, reckoned it 
to be found, and put them to trouble that helped 
them* Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's 
hand ; and for his neighbour's money he will 
speak submissively: but when he should repay 
lie will prolong the time, and return words of 
grief, and complain of the time. Many, there- 
lore, have refused to lend for other men's ill- 
dealing, fearing to be defrauded. 

Be not surety above thy power 5 for if thou 
le surety take care to pay. 

Sect. £. Set not thy heart upon thy goods. 

There is not a more wicked thing than a 
covetous mj]in ; for such an one setteth his own 
soul to sale. 

Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is 
hoarded up, what profit is in them both r 

Hate not laborious work. To labour, and be 
content with what a mari hath, is a sweet life. 

Go on with thy business in meekness. 

Eat, as it becpmeth a man, those things which 
are set before thee ; and devour not. 

A very little is sufficient for ^ man well nur- 
tured, 

Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating. 

Drunkenness dimiaisheth strength, and mak- 
tlie wounds. 



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Better is the poor, being sound and strong of 
constitution, than a rich man that is aiflictea in 
his body. 

In lewdness is decay and great want: for 
lewdness is the mother of famine. 

Envy and wrath shorten the life. 

Sect. 3. Let reason go before every enter- 
prise, and counsel before every action. 

Ask counsel of ail that are wise, and despise 
not any counsel that is profitable. 

Consult not with one that suspecteth thee ; 
neither with a coward, in matters of war ; nor 
with a buj er, of selling ; nor with an envious 
man, of thankfulness ; nor with an unmerciful 
man, touching kindness ; nor with the slothful^ 
for any work. 

Consult not with a fool ; for he cannot keep 
counsel. 

Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have 
but one counsellor of a thousand. 

Sect. 4. Be not a hypocrite in the sight of 
men, and take good heed what thou speakest* 

Refrain not to speak when there is occasion to 
do good. 

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much 
in a few words. 

Open not thine heart to every man. 

Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds 
slack and remiss. 

He that can rule his tongue shall live without 
strife. 

Strive not in a matter that concerneththee not. 

Be circumspect in all that thou doest, and be 
wise in all thy conversation. 

Accustom not thy mouth to swearing ; neither 



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use thyself to the naming of the Holy One. He 
that sweareth and nameth God continually, shall 
not be faultless. 

Blame not before thou hast examined the 
truth : understand first, and then rebuke. 

Answer not before thou hast heard the cause; 
neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk. 

Be swift to bear ; and let thy life be sincere ; 
and with patience give answer. 

Profess not the knowledge that thou hast not. 

If thou hast understanding, answer thy neigh- 
bour ; if not, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 

It is much better to reprove than to be angry 
secretly ; and he that confesseth his fault shall 
be preserved from hurt. 

An unseasonable tale will always be in the 
mouth of the unwise. 

Reproach not a man that turneth from sin. 

Sect 5. Admonish a friend, it may he hath 
not done it 5 and if he have done it, that he do 
it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he 
Iiath not said it; and if he have, that he speak 
it not again. Admonish a friend : for many 
times it is a slander, and believe not every tale. 
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not 
from his heart ; and who is he that hath not of^ 
fended with his tongue ? 

Forsake not an old friend. Nothing doth 
countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency 
is invaluable. 

Change not a friend for any good. Love thy 
friend, and be faithful unto him. 

A friend cannot be known in prosperity ; and 
an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. 

Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy, being 
dead, but remember that we all die. 



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Sect. 6. A mean estate is not always to be 
contemned ; nor the rich that is foolish to be 
had in admiration. 

He that ii hasty to give credit is light-minded. 

There is one that is wise, and teacheth many, 
and yet is unprofitable to himself. 

Be not curious in unnecessary matters. , 

Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that 
catcheth at a shadow, and folio weth the wind. 

Commend not a man for his beauty; neither 
abhor a man for his outward appearance. 

Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and 
exalt not thyself in the day of honour. 

Be ashamed of revealing secrets. Whoso 
discovereth secrets loseth his credit. 

Do no secret thing before a stranger; for 
thou knowest not what he will bring forth. 

Blessed is he whose conscience hath not con- 
demned him. 

If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee 
betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps 
of his door. 

Love righteousness : for righteousness is im- 
mortal. 

Sect. 7. Let thy soul love a good servant^ 
and defraud him not of liberty. 

Let not the wages of any man which hath 
wrought for thee, tarry with thee. 

Love thy brethren. Hast thou children ? In- 
struct them, and bow down their neck from 
their youth. 

Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and 
friend, power over thee while thou livest, and 
give not thy goods to another; lesf it repent 
thee, and thou entreat for the same again. As 
long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, give 



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not thyself over to any. For better it is that 
thy children should seek to thee, than that thou 
shouldest stand to their courtesy. At the time 
when thou' shalt end thy days, and finish thy 
life, distribute thine inheritance. 

Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife. 

A virtuous w^oman rejoiceth her husband, and 
he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace. 

Hast thou a wife after thy mind ? forsake her 
not, A good wife is a good portion. 

Be not jealous over the w^ife of thy bosom and 
teach her not an evil lesson against thyself. 

Well is he that dwelieth with a w4fe of under- 
standing. 

Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have 
performed a weighty matter; but give her to a 
man of understanding. 

Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and 
forget not the sorrows of thy mother. How canst 
thou recompense them the things they have done 
for thee ? 

Honour thy mother all the days of thy life, 
and do that which shall please her, and grieve 
her not. Remember that she saw many dangers 
for thee. 

Help thy father in his age, and grieve him not 
as long as he liveth. And if his understanding 
fail, have patience with him ; and despise him 
not when thou art in thy full strength : for the 
relieving of thy father shall not be forgotten. 



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